How tragic-comic we can not get the tax in, because we have no money to produce receipts. I have noticed that in The Gambia when you pay to the authorities, there normally are 3-5 copies. I always ask "where will you store all the receipts" ?, "how can you find it again"?, "for how many years "? And no one has given me a strait answer. Who control all the copies, when ? If I was employed in the administration, the first thing I would try and look into should be all that paper, and copies. What are they good for ? Has it ever made the administration better, faster, easier, more transparent ? Comment from Asbjørn Nordam on 19/08/02 22:00, Momodou Camara at [log in to unmask] wrote: > 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] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~