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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~