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Group Executive: Business Systems
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Bio
Intikhab is currently the Group Executive: Business Systems based at South African Revenue Service headquarters in Brooklyn, Pretoria. His chief role and responsibilities include: the replacement and continuous improvement of Customs and Tax legacy systems; the implementation of modern innovative business solutions for all SARS core taxes; and oversight over the strategic design, planning and implementation of new products. His portfolio supports SARS’ internal users as a whole, also providing specific services to the business community, including customs trade intermediaries, tax practitioners and tax and customs business software service providers. Intikhab has some 22 years of experience in a diverse range of Customs and Tax activities, and therefore has developed an acute knowledge and understanding of the key operational issues affecting the day to day activities of the country’s trade community and taxpayers. In his career at SARS, Intikhab managed and coordinated the 1999 SARS Customs Transformation Programme, served as Chair of the WCO IMSC from 2002 to 2005 and served as the Executive for Modernisation Strategy and Design head of the Core Tax Solutions. His current focus is to ensure that SARS maximises its capital investments in ICT through harmonisation of internal data structures and technology platforms across the Tax and Customs environments - ensuring seamless interfaces and front-end access for SARS staff.