Sattaur being probed for misconduct by accountants’ group
Posted By Staff Writer On October 26, 2014 @ 5:15 am In Local News | No Comments
The Disciplinary Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Guyana (ICAG) is probing an allegation of misconduct against Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Commissioner-General Khurshid Sattaur, who yesterday accused the members of the accountancy body of colluding with the complainant, Kaieteur News publisher Glen Lall, to discredit him.
Sattaur accused members of the ICAG of bias in investigating the complaint and demanded the process be brought to an end immediately, while noting that he was considering reporting them for misconduct and malpractice to the entity’s parent body in the UK.
Lall, in an invited comment to Stabroek News, dismissed Sattaur’s accusations as “beyond baseless.”
The businessman stated that the GRA head went beyond his boundaries to give out personal information about the various media houses in Guyana to former president Bharrat Jagdeo, who is a private citizen.
“They are all set to come after me. Who is waging a war and who is destroying who? Lall or them?” he asked before adding that in addition to the complaint filed with ICAG, he has already reported the matter to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
Sattaur is being accused of abusing his office and breaching secrecy regulations by leaking confidential information on a taxpayer.
Lall lodged his formal complaint against Sattuar with the local body on October 7.
Sattaur is a member of the ICAG.
According to a letter of acknowledgement, dated October 21 and which was seen by this newspaper, the Council looked at the contents of the complaint at an October 14, 2014 meeting and it was agreed that the matter will be referred to the Investigations Committee in accordance with the Institute’s by-laws.
The ACCA also acknowledged receipt of Lall’s complaint, which was received on October 22. The acknowledgement letter, which was seen by this newspaper, requested Lall to provide some information no later than November 5. Some of the information requested relates to whether Lall would come forward and give evidence, can be named, for him to provide all evidence, including copies of all relevant documents.
