Comments on: GRA to clamp down on illegal overseas phone calls

By: Anand

Anand — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:21:03 +0000

What is wrong with the GRA and the government don’t the know that internet café
Bring a lot of money into this country everybody who use the internet call the family
In the USA, UK and CAN for money. What will happen to all them western union and moneygram place in Guyana the going to loss a lot of business them mite as well
Closedown too.

By: mark simon

mark simon — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:08:31 +0000

guyana is surviving by taxing the poor man to death. why does a poor country like guyana have vat. Ever since its implementation things have gottn harder for the poor man , even the legit. businesses in Guyana are suffering.

By: mark simon

mark simon — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:03:37 +0000

the first year is free , after that its $19.95 per year. i have two

By: decanadianCarlVeecock

decanadianCarlVeecock — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:43:49 +0000

AND SOME OF THOSE COMPANIES ARE SUBSIDIARIES.

That matter was aired a while ago when they were defending the heavy charges,
because at that time they were owned by an overseas group.
I am not sure if they are now owned by the Guuyana Governement.

If possible…talk to me on this post of yours….
“It is easy for people to use Window Media Encoder; a web cam and a head set with mike to make free calls. It is somewhat like live streaming from 2 IP being embedded on 1 html page. This is the angle from which I learn it – more like video conferencing.”

Use SN at the start of your subject line to avoid being bounced

I am at

juncanve@pathcom.com

By: folly

folly — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:49:12 +0000

hey everbody gotta live….so GRA need to chill…..there is bigger issues ot there

By: SandHurst First

SandHurst First — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:15:10 +0000

hahaha, ok no problem.

By: Michael Max

Michael Max — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:52:35 +0000

Another case of the govt failing to see the forest for the trees.

OVERSEAS GUYANESE CONTRIBUTE 50% OR MORE OF GUYANA’S GDP.

When will the damn govt get this point. At this time of looming recession in the developed world where half of Guyana’s GDP happens to come from, the govt is clamping down on struggling Guyanese trying to maintain contact with the very source of their livelihood. Instead of finding ways of increasing the lines of communication, they are concerned about removing them.

With remittances likely to decrease due to the the global economic crisis affecting the sources of remittances, you would think that the govt would be focused on stimulating communication to ensure the flow of remittances remain constant because when remittances evaporate crime will increase in Guyana. Getting peanuts from clamping down on these illegal overseas phone calls cannot compensate for the loss of remittances and the rise in crime. For the sake of Guyana let’s hope this recession is short.

By: GTRL

GTRL — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:02:09 +0000

If it has a fee, it is no good. The one my cousin has does not require you to pay. The reception is good. It is easy for people to use Window Media Encoder; a web cam and a head set with mike to make free calls. It is somewhat like live streaming from 2 IP being embedded on 1 html page. This is the angle from which I learn it – more like video conferencing.
Eventually time will enable everybody to make free calls.
Red Lion

By: GTRL

GTRL — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:53:42 +0000

Correct. People who operate small internet cafes are not really weathy people.
RL

By: ALI

ALI — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:18:18 +0000

internet cafe is a small man business, putting pressure on internet cafe is like taking someone daily bread, internet cafes is not a 10 million dollar business,
does the GRA investigate the big fish that drive 10 million dollar vehicles and defraud the goverment tax ?
its the internet service PROVIDER that make the big dollars
most people send a computer for their relative in guyana, so they can make a living,so the won’t have to depend on the us$,
what i suggest is, make sure cafes or call centers are registered and pay a yearly fee

my regards
ALI

By: ulric

ulric — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:46:38 +0000

Meh hear yuh got contact sandman, tell dem meh want fuh hear from meh broda on the cheap. LOL

By: Arnold

Arnold — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:17:15 +0000

Yes, and still paying, up to now..

By: GTRL

GTRL — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:07:13 +0000

Head set with microphone and a web cam using Windows Media Encoder would allow your family to see you and hear you. You have to embed the source (IP+ 1 open port each – port 8080 ok) to 2 live streaming on a single html page. I can do it like this. It costs nothing to talk to each other and even see each other. However, the party in Guyana must be able to set up encoder at his end also. High speed internet a must if you want to see each other at a reasonable bit rate.
This is how I do it.
Red Lion

By: drumup_change

drumup_change — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:59:39 +0000

………from bare foot……..to push toe ……to gaters and suv and beating guyanese women like their children …………what a low down false life they claim tobe business men…….drug operaters don’t pay tax …..check the business behind the business sattaur………you no what i mean ………..you call them backtrack operaters……..guns/drugs dealers ……..go and get them…….do an audit on some of the high rise in the city………sattaur how so much drugs in guyana…….

By: GTRL

GTRL — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:56:48 +0000

Thank you Mark. I hope that others have taken note of it. A few friends have asked me to see if I can get a couple, but I had no idea what was it. I know now.
I will now look for MAJIC JACK .
RL

By: evileyes

evileyes — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:44:00 +0000

Hackett
I just finished school when i left Guyana and buddy let me tell you this…I had to go for tax clerance b4 leaving.I told de man at the tax office Im just out of school..He pull out another big book and told me I owed 18 thousand dollars in taxes…hahahahahahaha this was 1976…….u hear me…out of school and it was 1976…….somebody give he a bottle of rum and i got my clearance….never worked a day in my life in good ole Guyana…

decanadianCarlVeecock if im getting to ya den dont read

Arnold…thanks…you and me can see eye to eye on many things here…..keep it up and dont let the dictators and detractors get to ya….

By: Uncle Joe

Uncle Joe — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:12:46 +0000

I’ve seen that kind of device advertised in one of those late-night ‘infomercials’. It’s called the “Miracle Jack” and it appears to be some kind of a USB device that links your telephone service to the internet. There is a monthly fee of US$19.95. Anyone with a computer can look it up online.

By: decanadianCarlVeecock

decanadianCarlVeecock — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:54:00 +0000

Again and again…nothing positive.

Now read my response to gtprincess and learn.

No evileyes in dat !

By: decanadianCarlVeecock

decanadianCarlVeecock — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:52:45 +0000

gtprincess…you are so right.

However they are not after people who have their home computers with
the necessary links. They are after the Internet Cafes.

I have been in them and have put through calls and as far as I am concerned I
have paid what I think is reasonable. The GRA should have their auditors
in the field reviewing income calculations and determining what VAT is
due on the various components of the income. But…. as is usual in Guyana,
threats are the order of the day.

Instead of issuing threats and trying to be noticed, the GRA should quietly do
their work and STOP ISSUING THREATS!

Yuh wud tink dat sumbody gat brains.

By: GTRL

GTRL — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:49:07 +0000

GT&T is ripping us off all the time. They have been routing our call through various countries just to slap us with fees that are outlawed in the US.
RL

By: M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett

M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:37:43 +0000

Ah hope y’all used to pay you full and honest income tax when y’all was in guyana.

By: mark simon

mark simon — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:48:13 +0000

THE LITTLE GADGET IS CALLED A MAGIC JACK magicjack.com IT COST $40 AND THE PERSON IN GUYANA HAS TO HAVE A HIGH SPEED OR BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICE.

By: Steel

Steel — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:49:28 +0000

I do not believe GRA is targeting internet cafes. There are other companies set up with unbecoming names that are seriously heavy into this illegal practice.
They provide services round the clock with shift operations.
Absolutely no taxes are collected by the GRA.
Legitimate overseas service is seriously downgraded by these businesses.
Indeed the taxes collected form legitimate businesses are reduced because their profits are reduced.

By: MR.WEST BANK

MR.WEST BANK — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:48:11 +0000

Mr Sattaur and the GRA need to go after the conterfeit “Businessmen”
that is wheeling and dealing drugs in Guyana some them living just
like Mr Bill Gates and never did a day’s work in their life.

The internet operators are “POOR PEOPLE” trying to make ends
meet Mr Sattaur.