Civil society group Article 13 has written to President Irfaan Ali requesting that he authorise the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to disclose particulars of the tax payments made or provided for on behalf of the Stabroek Block partners, ExxonMobil Guyana, CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited and Hess Guyana Exploration Limited for the past three years.
“…Your Excellency, we are sure that you will appreciate the significant public interest in this matter – and of course, the completeness and accuracy of the national financial documents. The purpose of this letter therefore is to respectfully request that you authorise the Commissioner General, under the authority given to your Excellency under Section 4 of the Income Tax Act, to provide to us particulars of the payments made or provided for on behalf of the oil companies in the years 2020, 2021 and for 2022 to date,” the organisation wrote in a letter to Ali, dated September 19.
