By Maimuna Sey-Jawo
Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (GCCI) president, Edi Mass Jobe has hailed officials of Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) management for the foresight in ranking companies according to each tax payment system.
Mr Jobe also chairman of Atlas Energy Group said it is a greatly boost and strengthen the tax payment system that encourage more and big companies to voluntarily come forward to settle their tax obligation and on time.
He described the systems as long overdue and very transparency, adding this will determine to better know those companies that are tax compliant or not.
The GCCI president made this remarks in an exclusive interview with reporters on Tuesday in his office along Kairaba Avenue.
He said ranking companies according to what they pay, will surely encourage more companies to pay its tax obligation regularly and on time, adding that: “we are proud that GRA decided to use this kind of systems to rank companies according to their tax payment.”
GRA, he said, would have come up with this system since. He therefore commended the authority for taking up the bold initiatives to tell journalists who pay tax and those defaulters.
Regarding Atlas Energy Group which is ranked third in term of highest tax payment in 2020, Mr.Jobe expressed total appreciation to the management of GRA for exposing some of the companies that had paid their taxes.
He said that Atlas Energy Group have been among ten top taxpayers in this country for a long time and expressed delight about the company.