GRA finds database flooded with dead people, bogus accounts and migrants
Jan 24, 2018 , https://www.kaieteurnewsonline...ch-by-kiana-wilburg/
GRA Commissioner General, Godfrey Statia
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When GRA officials appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to answer burning questions on the matter, it was revealed that the number of taxpayers who failed to file returns was 766 and not 1,509. It was explained to the Committee that the recorded 1,509 included persons that were de-registered and those pending de-registration from GRA.
Based on steps taken to have the defaulting taxpayers file their returns promptly and comply with the requirements of the VAT Act, it was said that a letter of demand is usually sent to the various persons asking for the submission of the returns.
Commissioner-General Statia had also informed the PAC that if reports are taken from the system, a lot of errors would be recorded. As such, the GRA boss said that there needed to be some reconciliation with what has been transpiring in the TRIPS and what is being done manually.
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