After the High Court ruled against the SA Revenue Service (Sars) in an decades-long battle against a swimwear model who received a R142m “gift” from an overseas companion, Sars lost its appeal bid.

Sars’ fight with Candice-Jean Poulter will, however, return to the tax court, after the full bench of the High Court ruled in a landmark decision in April that SA taxpayers could be represented by accountants, not just lawyers, in tax court...

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