MIRA accuses Tourism Ministry of not collecting resort rents
26 Sep 2012, 4:45 PM
Daniel Bosley
Commissioner General of Taxation at the Maldives Inland Revenue Authority (MIRA), Yazeed Mohamed, has named the Tourism Ministry as the prime culprit amongst state institutions which are failing to collect payments owed to the government.
“If rent on resorts is not paid, the Tourism Ministry must take action in accordance with the agreement. But so far no such action has been taken against anyone,” Yazeed told local newspaper Haveeru.
As MIRA was not party to the agreements made between certain government institutions and third parties, it could not itself enforce or implement payments, he explained.
“If rent is not paid we have to take it up in court. That is to obtain payments not paid for a certain period. Then it is used as an excuse. From that point on they get a free license to stay without making payments. Once a case is filed in court, it can go up to two years without a single payment,” Yazeed told Haveeru.
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