Sierra Leone Gist: Sierra Leone tax authority and importers in a showdown

With just three days before the enforcement by the country’s national revenue authority of a 30-day ultimatum against 

businesses in arrears of the Goods and Services Tax, President of the Sierra Leone importers association says it will breed bitterness.

“Failure to properly inform us officially of such ultimatum before issuing it will result in bitterness and misunderstanding between business houses and the government”, Alhaji Alpha Tanue Jalloh told Politico.

He said they were planning to meet with the ministry of finance very soon to discuss the concerns, adding: “businesses are not only being badly affected by the deterioration in value of the leone [the country’s currency], but also by policies and procedures that do not favour the business community at all”.

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