4 business operators before court for outstanding taxes
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – Four business operators recently appeared in the St Catherine Resident Magistrate’s Court for failing to pay outstanding taxes totalling $4 million.
The outstanding taxes include general consumption tax (GCT), income tax and education tax.
According to a media release from Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), the St Catherine North and South police arrested the delinquent business people who operate in the Spanish Town and Portmore areas.
Christopher Reid and Renoree Graham were arrested on warrants of disobedience for failure to pay individual income tax and education tax in the amount of $2,047,633.72 and $118,856.83 and were subsequently granted bail in the sum of $200,000 and own surety, respectively, the TAJ said.
Garfield Smith was arrested on a bench warrant for failure to pay individual income tax in the amount of $354,707 and was also granted bail in the amount of $100,000. While director of Flambouyance Company Limited, Stennett Clarke, was arrested on a warrant of disobedience for failure to pay GCT amounting to $1,424,369.28 and was granted bail of $200,000.
“Delinquent taxpayers are advised, that any default on payment arrangements or court orders, will result in enforcement action by TAJ using any of the applicable provisions under the law,” the TAJ release said.