Tax evasion charges against Publisher of the Kaieteur News Glenn Lall and his wife Bhena Lall, and remigrant couple Narootandeo and Gharbassi Brijnanan were dismissed yesterday based on an application by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), which said it agreed to compensation to discontinue the proceedings.
“After some discussions, we were agreeable with the proposal put before us, as we are more inclined to amicable resolutions rather than litigious ones. Notwithstanding, we are prepared to go the distance to protect tax revenues,” GRA Commis-sioner-General Khurshid Sattaur was quoted as saying in a subsequent statement on the withdrawal of the charges.
The statement, while referring to a report in yesterday’s edition of the Guyana Times, said “too much media publicity” in tax matters, which require some degree of confidentiality, “can negatively impact such cases, and force persons to resolve matters out of court by way of compensation,”
