JLP denies targeting dancehall artiste

[Lazie]

Misguided, mischievous and absurd! That is how the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has described claims by recording artiste Moses "Beenie Man" Davis that it is to be blamed for his tax predicament.

According to Beenie Man, he is being targeted by the new Government because of his support for the People's National Party (PNP).

However in a statement Tuesday, the JLP said the tax assessment levied on Beenie Man and the action to recover through the courts was initiated long before the present government took office.

The JLP also pointed out that Beenie Man's former manager and PNP candidate, Patrick Roberts, recently stated that it was not the first time the government had attempted to collect the multi-million dollar tax claim.

According to the JLP, Mr. Roberts also stated that his company had challenged the tax assessment in the past.

Beenie Man was freed on bail Monday after he surrendered to the authorities.

An arrest warrant was issued for him last week, after he failed to appear before the Tax Court to answer charges of tax evasion.

He was offered bail in the sum of one and a half-million dollars to return to court on December 3.

The tax authorities allege that Beenie Man owes the state $47 million in income tax.

http://www.radiojamaica.com/content/view/2536/26/

[Bricktop]

An arrest warrant was issued for him last week, after he failed to appear before the Tax Court to answer charges of tax evasion.

He had a valid reason why he missed the court date:

[Lazie]

He had a valid reason why he missed the court date:

Come on Bricktop! If you or I missed a court date what would happen to us? The same way you and would be treated is the same way Moses should be treated.

[Bricktop]

Come on Bricktop! If you or I missed a court date what would happen to us? The same way you and would be treated is the same way Moses should be treated.

Yes. Yes. I wasn't being serious but me woulda tek couple days inna lockup fi tackle dat deh frame

[Mosiah]

Lawks, Lazie man! Lighten up!!!

[Sickko]

Lazie tighter than a brand new pipe cock...

[Lazie]

Lawks, Lazie man! Lighten up!!!

Wasn't aware he was joking. The other day on a station in NJ (RoadBlock Radio) they were dicussing it and there was a caller who was defending him missing his court date saying he had a video shoot. We all know that Bricktop is a fan, so I thought he was serious. No biggie.

This incident was on WBLS news and there is a man on the same station called, Wendy Williams, damn ... she ripped him.

[Bricktop]

Lazie tighter than a brand new pipe cock...

A wha name suh?

[Lazie]

Patrick Roberts, JLP say Beenie Man's claim 'absurd'

BY ROLAND HENRY Observer staff reporter henryr@jamaicaobserver.com
Wednesday, October 31, 2007



Patrick Roberts, Shocking Vibes producer and former manager of dancehall artiste Moses 'Beenie Man' Davis, yesterday sided with the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in calling the local deejay "absurd" for believing his tax woes are grounded in his political affiliation.
"I endorse Karl Samuda's statement 100 per cent," Roberts told the Observer by telephone yesterday.

Davis, who tax authorities have said owes $47 million in back taxes, on Monday said that he was being targeted by the new administration, which he claimed commissioned the tax assessment.

Of the $47 million, $29 million is unpaid taxes with penalty of $18 million.
"This proves that Beenie Man speaks out of turn on a regular basis. it's probably out of frustration why he said it," said Roberts. "It's so pathetic. He knows that this case is ongoing and that it has nothing to do with this Government."

He said, too, that Davis' comment was a result of the little guidance he's getting these days.
"No artiste can operate on their own. they need management to guard against things like this, and that's what he's lacking," said Roberts, the losing St Andrew West Central candidate for the People's National Party in the September 3 general elections.
"He (Beenie Man) has never shown his political allegiance in that manner. He doesn't even have a vote," said Roberts.

Yesterday, JLP general-secretary Karl Samuda dismissed the artiste's claim and labelled him "misguided, mischievous and absurd".
"The action to recover [the taxes] through the courts was initiated long before the present Government took office after the September 3rd elections," Samuda said in a statement.

Roberts further confirmed the statement's claim that it was not the first time that the Government had attempted to collect the multi-million dollar tax claim and that his company had challenged the tax assessment in the past.

In an article published on Friday in the Observer's Splash magazine, Roberts argued that the tax claim was inaccurate.

"They are assessing his income incorrectly," he said, adding that he had requested an inquiry from the Ministry of Finance, which said, "no further action would be taken against the artiste until the conclusion of the case".
The Shocking Vibes executive described the figure as "over-quoted", saying that $29 million "cannot be 33 per cent of what Beenie has made in the last 10 years".

Beenie Man, who was overseas and missed his court date last week, was ordered arrested by the court. On arriving in the island on Monday from the Dominican Republic, the deejay surrendered to the local authorities.

[Rockman]

There might be some truth to it, it could be the doings of a few rogue party members.
DanWilliams Contruction Co, is it Danhai's(no doubt he is atop my _hit list for the trial of Kraal(gamma a doan memba if is Crawle is de correct one) murderers, set free by the Wolfe?






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