Hotline gets 33 tax tip-offs in a week
Published:Wednesday | May 11, 2011 | 12:00 AM
The new tip-off line for alleged or assumed tax cheats got 33 reports in its first week, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) said Tuesday.
The tax-cheat hotline, 1-888-292-4328, became operational May 1 and is manned by "trained agents, the tax agency said.
The reports were referred to senior investigators for follow-up.
The hotline is one of the tools employed by the TAJ to "widen the tax net and to stem the practice of under-reporting", and promote "a more equitable and transparent tax system".