Make private expenses for crime prevention tax deductible

Make private expenses for crime prevention tax deductible

The Solidarity Movement (Solidarity, AfriForum and Solidarity Helping Hand) will host a national day of protest against crime on Wednesday. On the day, a memorandum containing 36 points about this and other relevant demands regarding crime will be handed over to the South African Police Service (SAPS).

On Wednesday, South Africans will hand over memorandums against crime at more than 300 police stations in every corner of the country. The memorandum is addressed to the SAPS, the South African government and South African businesses.

According to Dr. Dirk Hermann, deputy general secretary of Solidarity, a study conducted by the Solidarity Research Institute (SRI), has shown that crime has far-reaching implications for South Africans. "With the signing of this memorandum this week, South African have officially protested against, among other things, the fact that they have to pay taxes, but still have to employ private security companies to ensure their safety because the state does not have the ability to protect its citizens," he explained. "This practice amounts to double taxation and South Africans cannot keep on coughing up for the government's inefficiency in this regard."

According to the study, the maintenance of South African criminal justice system - i.e. the departments of safety and security, justice and constitutional development and correctional services - costs taxpayers millions each year. "What is, however, shocking is the inefficiency of this system measured against the funds that are allocated to it in the budget each year," Hermann emphasized.

The Solidarity Movement will now further investigate the issue of tax exemption for security-related products and services during a conference to be held later this year. The findings emanating from this will be used in a presentation to the parliamentary portfolio committee.

The memorandum also protests against various other burning crime issues about which South Africans are also fed up, according to Hermann. "With the handing over of this memorandum, South Africans are now making it clear that they are convinced that crime has spun out of control, that it has become South Africa's single largest problem and that it is threatening economic progress and job security," he said.

South Africans are demanding, among other things, in the memorandum that the government should make available more resources focused on training in the SAPS. In addition, it is demanded that the SAPS should lift its moratorium on the appointment of reservists and that businesses should assist the community in conducting crime prevention campaigns.

"However, the memorandum is not only a means of protesting," Hermann said.

"It is also a commitment from the community to get actively involved in solving the crime problem and to make real efforts to improve the safety of South Africans because without the input from South Africans, the battle against crime will fail."

Source: Jacaranda FM

 

 

 

 

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