Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA), in conjunction with the Yono
Brokerage Company, have scored Benchmark Productions Company by giving
14 days, it has paid the tax debt of Shs 7.04 billion, otherwise the
company's assets will be sold by auction.
Speaking yesterday in Dar es Salaam Debt Assistant Manager of TRA,
Region Kinondoni Tax, Sylver Rutagwelera said to have reached that point
after to demand the company owned by Rita Paulsen for long periods
without pay.
TRA, with the brokerage firm of Yono, they arrived at a place of
Mikocheni in yesterday morning ziliko the company's office and trace the
perpetrators of this debt, urging them to show pay stubs if they have
started to pay, what those characters did not have.
However,
Operation Manager of the company, which was known by one name Evelyn
arrived at the office and told the officers that they started contacts
how to pay that debt. "There are letters we used to have begun to make contact with the TRA,
about this debt, but with it, the debt itself is larger than the
capacity of the company," said Evelyn.
However Rutagwelera said the company's owner owes taxes since 2009 and
was using another name for the same company and after a while he shut
up and open it to the state of the Benchmark has not paid the debt back.
"The debtor had been given His company has another name and we
reminded pay state taxes since 2009 but was not implemented and instead
decided to close the company and open this, thinking limefutika debt",
said Rutagwelera.
He said after a time you move and the debt keeps growing without
showing effort to pay the debtor decided to hand over the debtor company
Yono for tracking the debt.
In turn, Director of Corporate Yono, Scholastika Kevela said to have
scored the same company and from now on guard Yono shall keep and after
14 days, they got to pay the debt if passed, will take another step
legally sell assets of the company at auction.
He said that debt is large because it is a long time has passed tax
not paid by the government to advise Tanzanians to stop the practice of
carrying forward tax because the debt would be great except for when
likilipwa removes unnecessary inconvenience.
"Yono
given the task of collecting the debts of the government and we will
continue to arrest all those who are given to pursue the goal is not to
hurt them is to ensure tax regime restored both for the benefit of our
country, because we backed President John ensure our nation
continues to collect income eligible," said Kevela .
Kevela
said work continued to collect debts for other receivables government
continues and now are in various stages of collection including a run
auction of assets of various debtors to obtain government funding.
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