Income Tax Short of Receipt Books

The Independent (Banjul)
NEWS
August 19, 2002
Posted to the web August 19, 2002

By Seedy Bojang
Banjul

Reports leaking to The Independent from the Department of Central Revenue
indicate that the Income Tax Department is short of receipt books, making
official transaction difficult.

According to reports, the shortage of cashbooks has temporarily suspended cash
transactions, including the documentation of cash records.

An insider said the Accountant General's Department, which is responsible for
the supply of receipt books, had failed to produce or supply the Income Tax
Department with cashbooks over the last couple of months. This problem has not
only affected the income tax, but also other departments among them the
Department of health, he said.

According to him, a lot of adjustments needed to be done to redress certain
abnormalities and irregularities at the department, which he said if unchecked
would paralyse the department.

At the time of investigating this report, the income tax cashier had asked an
old man to return the following week to effect his transaction, because of
shortage of receipt books.

When contacted the Commissioner of Revenue, Samba Saye, denied any knowledge of
the shortage.

The principal accountant and the deputy Accountant General also declined to
shed light on the issue, referring this reporter instead to the Accountant
General, Margaret Keita who said she couldn't talk to the press, because of a
busy schedule. She said she was holding meetings with experts.

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