"Wickedness" At The Tax Administration?

Observer Links:
www.jamaicaobserver.com/editorial/ATM-tax-a-wicked-act-

www.jamaicaobserver.com/editorial/Go-after-tax-dodgers-instead_16509415

If we could see some benefit from our tax dollars it would\nt be so bad {edited by TBNet}

Some ugly shocking facts which puts the burden of balancing the Jamaican national budget squarely on the backs of the faithfully compliant small taxpayers (feeling more & more like suckers daily).

• Only 10 per cent of all registered companies in Jamaica file corporate income tax returns.

• In addition, the Private Sector Working Group, in an analysis two years ago, informed the country that only 28 per cent of the 62,000 firms on the Companies Office of Jamaica list are registered for tax purposes.

• That, we hold, represents a failure of the Government to collect all that is due to the State. It also represents a lack of will to go after tax dodgers.

What, we would like to know, is scaring the Government from pursuing those who won't pay, who refuse to pay?…Are the laughing cackles mumbling: "cronyism"?

Why is the Government continuing to increase the burden on the already tax compliant, while allowing others to go scot-free?

Every Jamaican who is gainfully employed or who runs a business has an obligation to contribute to funding the country's operations. The Government, therefore, has a duty to ensure equity in that responsibility.

Observer Link:
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/editorial/Why-is-the-Gov-t-afraid-to-go-after-tax -dodgers_16527238