Dear Editor,
I am a Portlander living in Canada who has a challenge with the recent increase in property taxes.
Every once in a while governments increase taxes to obtain more revenue to service the needs of the country. But the near 300 per cent that was levied by the present Administration does not seem sensible.
What's more, I accessed my land tax info online and received differing data from the tax office. The letter sent to me from my local collections arm of the Inland Revenue (Tax Administration Jamaica) has a $5,000 difference from the information given to my designate when she visited the Kingston office. Something has got to be terribly wrong.
I recall that motorists suffered a similar situation recently when records of their status on traffic tickets did not always show the true position.
The government ought to be concerned about the well-being of the citizensp; however, these shenanigans seem as though the interest is in dealing with the extremely high-debt situation that successive governments have created.
We need to let let our voices be heard because citizens cannot afford to assume these increases and suffer from inefficiency.
B Francis
Portland
Land tax mess
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I am a Portlander living in Canada who has a challenge with the recent increase in property taxes.
Every once in a while governments increase taxes to obtain more revenue to service the needs of the country. But the near 300 per cent that was levied by the present Administration does not seem sensible.
What's more, I accessed my land tax info online and received differing data from the tax office. The letter sent to me from my local collections arm of the Inland Revenue (Tax Administration Jamaica) has a $5,000 difference from the information given to my designate when she visited the Kingston office. Something has got to be terribly wrong.
I recall that motorists suffered a similar situation recently when records of their status on traffic tickets did not always show the true position.
The government ought to be concerned about the well-being of the citizensp; however, these shenanigans seem as though the interest is in dealing with the extremely high-debt situation that successive governments have created.
We need to let let our voices be heard because citizens cannot afford to assume these increases and suffer from inefficiency.
B Francis
Portland
Land tax mess
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