Tourism Ministry hits back at MIRA accusations over failure to collect resort rents
01 Oct 2012, 4:24 PM
Daniel Bosley
The Ministry of Tourism has hit back at claims made last week that it was failing in its duty to collect rents and associated non-tax revenue from the country’s largest industry.
Following claims made by the Commissioner General of Taxation at the Maldives Inland Revenue Authority (MIRA) that the tourism ministry was failing perform its duty of collecting such revenue, State Minister for Tourism Mizna Shareef has called the accusations “baseless and unfair.”
“Under the new tax regime, MIRA can go after those who don’t pay rent,” said Mizna. “It is very unfair and inappropriate for MIRA to make these statements.”
Mizna argued that the authority had been pressuring the tourism ministry to suspend operating licenses for late-payers without considering the wider implications for the industry as a whole.
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