Masitara tussle with taxman in court
Friday, February 22, 2008
In his current application, Masitara is fighting tooth and nail to have a writ of execution in tax arrears of up to P800,000 to be stayed until March 28 because he still needs certain answers from BURS.
In the present application which comes before Justice Ian Kirby at the High Court today. Masitara wants the court to identify and state the qualifications of the people who did the audit that puts his tax arrears at such a staggering amount.
With his theme of 'Delivering on Our Promise, One Step at a Time', he sought to project an image of a focused, determined leader building a new ‘Rome’. Sadly, parts of his speech were not about laying bricks, but about settling old scores.It is deeply worrying that a head of government would use such a pivotal national address to launch another bitter broadside against the media and his political detractors. His portrayal of the...