Helping business flow – Consult CEO Hannes van den Berg talks about SARS and tax collection

Hannes van den Berg is the CEO of Consult – a position he has held since 2014.

Van den Berg began working at Momentum in 2002 and stayed with the company until it founded its Consult sub-business in 2014.

He held several positions at momentum, including the Head of Finance for Momentum Distribution Services, the CFO for Momentum Sales, and the CFO for Momentum Wealth and Wealth International.

Van den Berg then took the role of COO at Momentum Wealth before finally joining Consult.

In this episode of Helping business flow, Van den Berg discusses SARS’ attempts to improve its tax collection strategy and how effective this has been.

He talks about the effect of emigration on SARS’ tax base and highlights the other economic concerns affecting tax collection in South Africa.

He also explains how SARS can improve taxpayer confidence, such as through wise government spending.

Finally, Van den Berg makes a prediction for the future of tax collection in South Africa and suggests that partnership between the government and the private sector will significantly boost the economy.

The full Helping business flow interview with Hannes van den Berg is embedded below.