Interfront 2025 Annual Report

32 INTERFRONT ANNUAL REPORT 2025 INDICATOR 1.1 DEVELOP, ENHANCE AND EXPAND iCBS CHANNELS TO SUPPORT THE SARS CUSTOMS MODERNISATION PROGRAMME (CMP) Interfront plays a pivotal role as a key development partner to SARS. Interfront’s ongoing collaboration involves the expansion, modernisation and adaptation of the current Customs Border Solution (iCBS) product suite in use at SARS. This transformation aims at aligning with the objectives outlined in the approved SARS Customs Modernisation Programme (CMP) Business Plan, which aims to fulfil the government’s requirements for customs compliance. Interfront is committed to advancing its iCBS to enhance SARS’ capacity in implementing the CMP, ensuring greater efficiency, compliance, and security in South Africa’s customs operations. THIS SUB-PROGRAMME ALIGNS WITH SARS’S STRATEGIC OUTCOMES BY: • Facilitating compliance among taxpayers and traders makes it easier for them to meet their obligations. • Enhancing the use of data within a robust knowledge management framework to maintain integrity, generate insights, and improve decision making. • Modernising systems to deliver digital and streamlined online services. OUTCOME Develop, enhance, and expand the iCBS product to support SARS in their objective of the CMP. OUTPUT Sprints/Software delivered on time, to specifications and within budget as set out and agreed to in the Work Order (WO). AUDITED ACTUAL PERFORMANCE 2022/2023 AUDITED ACTUAL PERFORMANCE 2023/2024 DPS Upgrade: (WO114): release 7.0.7 uploaded to SARS on 14 June 2022 (Q1). ACHIEVED (WO177) RLA v6.12.0 uploaded to SARS on 7 September 2023 (Q2). ACHIEVED DPS release: 7.0.21.1 uploaded to SARS on 4 November 2022 (Q3). RLA v6.12.10 deployed to SARS production on 8 December 2023 (Q3). Refunds and Drawbacks (WO124: release 7.1.0 uploaded to SARS on 23 June 2022 (Q1). WO269 DPS Upgrade Phase 2 DPS 7.4.18 delivered to SARS on 29 February 2024 (Q4).