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Gov’t selling 2 Air J planes to pay IRS debt 
Wednesday, 10 February 2010 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } 
The Bruce Golding administration is rushing to sell two Air Jamaica planes it owns to settle outstanding taxes to United States government.
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } This was disclosed Prime Minister Bruce Golding in the House of Representatives Wednesday afternoon.
The amount of money owed by Air Jamaica to the United States' revenue authorities was not disclosed to the Parliamentarians but the tax liability appears to run into millions do US dollars.
Mr. Golding said the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is serious about collecting outstanding taxes from Air Jamaica and this obligation involves two of the eight air craft operated by the national airline
The two planes are directly owned by the government and Mr. Golding said Jamaican diplomats have been in discussions with the US government to prevent any embarrassment to his administration as a result of the outstanding tax debt.
"We owe a lot of money (and) we've had to use diplomatic channels to avoid our planes being seized for none payment of fees that are owed to the American government, the IRS in particular. It has been proposed to dispose of those state aircrafts in order to discharge that obligation," Mr. Golding said.
Wednesday, 10 February 2010 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } The Bruce Golding administration is rushing to sell two Air Jamaica planes it owns to settle outstanding taxes to United States government.st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } This was disclosed Prime Minister Bruce Golding in the House of Representatives Wednesday afternoon.
The amount of money owed by Air Jamaica to the United States' revenue authorities was not disclosed to the Parliamentarians but the tax liability appears to run into millions do US dollars.
Mr. Golding said the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is serious about collecting outstanding taxes from Air Jamaica and this obligation involves two of the eight air craft operated by the national airline
The two planes are directly owned by the government and Mr. Golding said Jamaican diplomats have been in discussions with the US government to prevent any embarrassment to his administration as a result of the outstanding tax debt.
"We owe a lot of money (and) we've had to use diplomatic channels to avoid our planes being seized for none payment of fees that are owed to the American government, the IRS in particular. It has been proposed to dispose of those state aircrafts in order to discharge that obligation," Mr. Golding said.
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