Private sector concerned some foreign-owned companies not charging VAT

The two sides at the meeting

The Private Sector Com-mission (PSC) on Thurs-day raised with the government, concerns about some foreign-owned companies not charging the Value-Added Tax (VAT).

This has been a longstanding concern of some businessmen and was raised by the PSC in wide-ranging dialogue with Finance Minister Winston Jordan and others in what was seen as a key step forward in relations between the two sides which have been