Didco officials mum on petition for wind-up

Didco Trading Limited officials are mum on the petition filed by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the High Court to institute winding-up proceedings against the company, which the tax agency said failed to honour its financial obligations.

Attempt to contact senior company officials have been futile and a visit by Stabroek News to the company’s Ramp Road headquarters was also in vain as the reporter was told that no one was available to speak. On Wednesday, the GRA said in a statement that in November 2009 it took legal action against the mainly poultry business which failed to remit the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) deductions for various periods between 2007 and 2009 and judgment was subsequently granted in favour of the GRA,