Television presenter and actor Moshe Ndiki claims that he is a victim of tax fraud.
Ndiki, who played Prince in the Mzansi Magic soap opera The Queen, made the startling claims when responding to questions sent to him by Sunday World regarding the papers the taxman filed at the Johannesburg High Court for a default judgment against him last week.
The star of the reality TV show Life with Moshe Ndiki alleged that irregularities were committed against his tax profile, saying that he is on the rack.
“Fraud was committed against my tax, and I’m resolving it. This whole thing is stressing me out.
“I know I did not do anything wrong, and I am working closely with Sars [South African Revenue Service] to make sure the matter is resolved and my name is cleared,” he said in a text message.
Ndiki, however, would not be drawn into explaining the alleged fraud committed against him. “Unfortunately, I can’t elaborate any further,” he stated when quizzed further.
According to the judgement application, which we have seen, Ndiki initially owed Sars more than R500 000, but the amount spiked to about R600 000 after Sars imposed R28 000 in penalties and levied over R67 000 in interest.
Before applying for the default judgement, Sars wrote a final letter of demand on June 20 to Ndiki, who played Andile Faku in the telenovela Gomora, pleading with him to settle the bill.
“According to the records of the South African Revenue Service, you have failed to pay your tax debt for one or more tax years and tax periods
“You are requested to make full payment within 10 days from the date of this letter of demand,” reads the letter.
Sars advised Ndiki to apply within 10 business days of the date of issuance to arrange to pay the debt in installments if he was unable to pay the full amount.
Sars also advised the thespian to apply for suspension of the debt if he intended to submit or had submitted a formal dispute or compromise of a portion of the tax, where this would provide a higher return to the fund than liquidation, sequestration or other collection measures.
Sars informed Ndiki that if he did not comply with its demands, it would go to court to seek an order to attach and auction off his assets.
“Failure to make full payment or use the above remedies may result in the following actions and possibly others: Sars may appoint any third party who presently or in the future will owe you money or hold money for you to settle your tax debt with this money.
“A civil judgement is being entered against you, in which case a warrant of execution may be issued for the sheriff of the court to attach and sell your assets.
“If you are a natural person, you may apply for a reduction of the amount to be paid to Sars based on your and your dependants’ basic living expenses.
“If you are a non-natural person, you may apply for a reduction of the amount to be paid to Sars based on serious financial hardship,” the papers read.
