AI is making it harder to hide income from South Africa’s taxman

For millions of South Africans, tax season still feels like an annual ritual of gathering documents, checking deductions and submitting returns. Inside the South African Revenue Service (SARS) , the country’s revenue authority,  however, tax season looks very different. Long before many taxpayers log into eFiling , artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and advanced data analytics have already assessed risk, matched third-party information and helped determine which returns deserve close