Georgetown: The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) announced plans to tackle tax evasion at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA.)
According to Tax Boss Khurshid Sattaur, the tax collection agency has already brought a suitcase scanner that will be installed to pickup items entering the country through the airport.
Sattaur Tuesday disclosed that the scanner will be for small packages-mainly for suitcase traders and commercial goods brought in suitcases.
Currently, Customs Officers depend on the declarations forms submitted by passengers and searches in the suitcases to find the electrical and other items that some passengers have been noted to hide.
Traders have been used flights to import in high end products like cell phones and tools.
The Commissioner-General explained, noting that lots of persons ultimately try to deceive Customs at the Airport by concealing commercial items in their suitcases. The scanner is expected to enhance revenue collection by detecting these items, he said.
GRA said that though different, the X-Ray Scanner which targets imports will complement the existing one at a city wharf which targets the export of containerized cargo, particularly those destined for the United States of America.
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