WHEN SARS COMES AFTER YOU
You need someone who worked on their side of the desk.
Appeals, tariff disputes and detained goods are not form-filling. They are argued and won on customs law and precedent. Mark Boucher spent 10 years inside SARS customs and 8 more doing this work at a maritime law firm.
SARS letter of demand
Do not ignore it and do not pay it yet. Expert review and a drafted response within 48 hours. Fixed fee R4,900.
Start now → DISPUTESCustoms appeals (IAA and ADR)
When SARS gets a determination wrong, we contest it through internal appeal and alternative dispute resolution. Fee: 20% of the duty we save you.
WhatsApp Mark → CLASSIFICATIONTariff determinations
The right tariff heading can change your duty bill entirely. Formal determination applications, argued properly the first time.
WhatsApp Mark → DETAINED GOODSNRCS detentions and Letters of Authority
Goods stuck without an LOA rack up storage and demurrage daily. We get the paperwork right and the goods moving.
WhatsApp Mark →Real outcomes
SARS classified imported sweets with bubble-gum centres under the wrong tariff heading. Mark contested it through ADR. The duty saving: about R6 million, in roughly four months.
A tariff determination appealed successfully, saving the client R800,000.
CLIENT DETAILS WITHHELD FOR CONFIDENTIALITY. OUTCOMES AS ACHIEVED.
Talk to Mark directly
Send the story on WhatsApp, voice note is fine. You will get a straight answer on whether it is worth fighting, and what it would cost.