Annual report & statement of accounts
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| to Windows 7 or newer operating systems. Additionally, enhancements were made to the Authority’s Website and its Intranet in efforts to secure and improve the quality of service. Other projects completed during the year 2014 included the deployment of an application to allow staff of the Debt Management Division to prepare and print Provisional Notices of Assessment, various adjustments to the Human Resource/Payroll application, PeopleNet, and the acquisition and implementation of a Biometric Time Keeping System. K: L AW E NFORCEMENT AND I NVESTIGATION D IVISION The Law Enforcement and Investigation Division (LEID) has the responsibility of monitoring exports and imports at the various ports of entry, curbing smuggling activities, managing the GRA’s warehouse at Eccles, EBD, and conducting investigations into reports of noncompliance. During the year, the Division was not without its challenges which impacted its overall performance. The challenges included inadequate number of human resources together with the need for more training, lack of sufficient and modern firearms to combat the sophisticated weapons used by smugglers, use of motor vehicles which were easily identified by smugglers and the lack of readily available financial resources to conduct enforcement activities out of Georgetown, which may incur the payment of bridge tolls and ferry crossings. ANNUAL REPORT & STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 58 For the period under review, enforcement and anti-smuggling exercises which were conducted on land amounted to three hundred and twenty-three (323), while there were seventy-three (73) such exercises which were carried out on water. As a result of those exercises, goods were detained and seized and one hundred and sixty-three (163) reports relating to the detention/seizures were prepared. In some instances, the individuals opted to pay fines in addition to the applicable duties and taxes while in other instances legal proceedings were instituted against the offenders. Items detained and seized included vehicles and vehicle parts, food items, alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages, clothing and cellphones. Additionally, goods which were expired or damaged were destroyed while in other instances goods were sold. The disposal and destruction of seized goods occurred on one hundred (100) occasions during the year. Two hundred and seventy-four (274) enforcement activities were also conducted to ensure compliance with specific Tax Laws while five (5) enforcement exercises were conducted in the Regions to provide guidance and support to the Division’s staff located at various outstations. Further, staff conducted examinations/verification of imported and exported goods at transit sheds on three hundred and sixty-three (363) occasions and examination/verification of imported and exported goods at various ports of entry on two thousand, one hundred and forty-four (2,144) occasions. Revenue collected for the year amounted to one hundred and eighty-five million, seven hundred and twenty-eight thousand, eight hundred and seventy-six dollars ($185,728,876.00) The table XVIII below compares revenue collected during 2013 with that collected during 2014. Download 2.59 Mb. Share with your friends:
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