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Tit for tat - Golding's tax info leaked, data pointless
published: Friday | October 13, 2006 <DIV class=KonaBody>
Ross Sheil and Edmond Campbell, Staff Reporters
Documents showing income <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">tax </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">liabilities</SPAN> of Opposition Leader Bruce Golding, stamped by the Inland Revenue Department in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, were leaked to The Gleaner yesterday.
Verified as genuine by Mr. Golding's accountant, Victor Hamilton, the documents, signed by him, acknowledge the indebtedness of Mr. Golding of $1,007,856 as of May 3, 2004, for the years 1998-2002. The <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">accountant</SPAN> said the money had been fully settled. Mr. Hamilton said the liabilities related to taxes owed by Mr. Golding's bakery in Old Harbour.
He said the final payment of $346,070 on January 18, 2005, overpaid by $48,000, Mr. Golding's <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">debt</SPAN>. He produced receipts for three instalments but given the short notice of the reporters' visit, he was unable to produce <A class=kLink oncontextmenu="return false;" id=KonaLink3 onmouseover=adlinkMouseOver(event,this,3); style="POSITION: relative; TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" onclick=adlinkMouseClick(event,this,3); onmouseout=adlinkMouseOut(event,this,3); href="http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061013/lead/lead7.html#" target=_new><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUN
Tit for tat - Golding's tax info leaked, data pointless
published: Friday | October 13, 2006 <DIV class=KonaBody>
Ross Sheil and Edmond Campbell, Staff Reporters
Documents showing income <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">tax </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">liabilities</SPAN> of Opposition Leader Bruce Golding, stamped by the Inland Revenue Department in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, were leaked to The Gleaner yesterday.
Verified as genuine by Mr. Golding's accountant, Victor Hamilton, the documents, signed by him, acknowledge the indebtedness of Mr. Golding of $1,007,856 as of May 3, 2004, for the years 1998-2002. The <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">accountant</SPAN> said the money had been fully settled. Mr. Hamilton said the liabilities related to taxes owed by Mr. Golding's bakery in Old Harbour.
He said the final payment of $346,070 on January 18, 2005, overpaid by $48,000, Mr. Golding's <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">debt</SPAN>. He produced receipts for three instalments but given the short notice of the reporters' visit, he was unable to produce <A class=kLink oncontextmenu="return false;" id=KonaLink3 onmouseover=adlinkMouseOver(event,this,3); style="POSITION: relative; TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" onclick=adlinkMouseClick(event,this,3); onmouseout=adlinkMouseOut(event,this,3); href="http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061013/lead/lead7.html#" target=_new><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUN
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