The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has collected over $1 billion in additional revenue with vigorous monitoring and investigations through its revamped audit department, Commissioner General Khurshid Sattaur said, noting that the body is bound by confidentiality.
He said the GRA is tasked with fulfilling its duties set out under the Revenue Authority Act and that any information gathered is to remain private and confidential. This confidentiality has barred the GRA from sharing information with the Financial Intelligence Unit, he said, adding that APNU’s recent statement about the GRA not acting as a reporting entity was flawed.
Sattaur told Stabroek News that the GRA was an independent office and that it
