Private sector wants ‘sanitised’ back tax figure before lobbying defaulters

Robert Williams

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) says businesses owe $450 million in outstanding taxes but the Private Sector Commission (PSC) is asking for the assurance that the amount given is a “sanitised figure” before it lobbies businesses to pay their taxes.

This was raised at a discussion on the city’s budget held on Thursday evening at ‘De Impeccable Banquet Hall’ on Brickdam, where the M&CC met stakeholders