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by **Gasman** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 12:30 pm

Left hand and right hand? Pissups in breweries? lol!

And this is the Govt. that is being entrusted to deal with all the property that the GCs own in the 'TRNC'!

IN WHAT appears to be a major embarrassment, the government yesterday conceded there was a mistake in the calculation of Church tax arrears, an issue which had been the focus of a bitter public spat not so long ago.
The admission came from Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis himself, who said the official data of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) indicating that the Church owed €169 million -- €138 million in immovable property tax and €30 million in capital gains tax, including interest – “seem to a large extent not to correspond to reality.”
Auditor-general Chrystalla Yiorkadji audited the IRD figures and found out that some sums were not representative of the actual properties involved.
“A thorough investigation should be conducted to see exactly what the Church owes and if the proper actions were undertaken by the IRD to secure what the government is owed,” Stavrakis told state radio.
It has been reported that the IRD had taxed four church institutions, which had very little property, with up to €60 million.
In one case, the church of Ayios Georgios in Kapedes was taxed €18 million for a property worth €50,000. Similar sums were levied on three other churches.
The alleged mistakes in the calculations were made years ago.
Stavrakis said an internal investigation would be carried out to get to the bottom of the case.
Archbishop Chrysostomos, who had repeatedly refused to pay, said the mistake was known years ago.
“The head of the IRD knew, the finance ministry knew, we knew and we told them these debts were not real,” Chrysostomos said.
“The Church of Cyprus has thousands of plots. For the IRD to come and see them, evaluate them and calculate tax, it would take a few years,” the Archbishop added.
Chrysostomos urged the government to accept a deal -- made with the previous administration – to settle the matter.
That deal was never tabled before the cabinet for approval at the time and the auditor-general said it was unfair to the state.
Relations between the Church and the current administration came to head earlier this year over the former’s refusal to pay the €169 million.
In what turned into a very public spat, the Archbishop called President Demetris Christofias a liar and a populist while the government spokesman retorted that Chrysostomos was a thief.

by **CBBB** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 7:01 pm

So the Cyprus Income Tax Department screwed up one organisations tax?

Tax letters: Taxman to face grilling by MPs

MPs are to call in the UK's top tax official to explain the fall-out over unexpected income tax demands.

Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the House of Commons Treasury Committee, told the BBC there was a strong case for Dave Hartnett to give an explanation to MPs.

The HM Revenue and Customs Permanent Secretary apologised to 1.4 million people who are receiving letters revealing an underpayment of tax.

But this came hours after a refusal to apologise brought severe criticism.

Problems

It is estimated that 2.3 million people underpaid income tax during the last two tax years because of errors in their Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax code.

About 900,000 taxpayers will not have to pay anything after the government raised the write-off threshold from £50 to £300, leaving 1.4 million people owing about £2bn, or £1,428 each on average.

In an interview with the BBC's Money Box programme on Saturday, Mr Hartnett had said he was "not sure" he saw a need to apologise to those receiving letters.

But later he apologised if his remarks "came across as insensitive".

Mr Tyrie described the apology as "a bit belated" and said he would discuss with his colleagues the possibility of Mr Hartnett being called before the Treasury Committee.

"There is a strong case for saying he should now give an explanation to Parliament," he told BBC Radio 4's World at One on Monday.

It was subsequently confirmed that Mr Hartnett will appear before the committee on Wednesday.

Mr Tyrie added that he was not happy with the way the issue had been handled, and this meant that greater concessions might have to be given to people who had underpaid than would previously have been needed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11289489

This happened in a "real"European Country!

by **B25** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 8:53 pm

A Funking men.

Gasman, you complain and slate people here for the crap they write and you do just the same. Grow up will ya!

Shit, I'm starting to sound like Paphitis :oops:

by **Cap** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 9:42 pm

This is the notorious GC/RoC bashing forum didn't you know?
Everyone's entitled to it!
The trick is to take an isolated incident and bash the entire Cypriot ethnos with it. Its that simple!

Here's an example, today our bathroom light bulb burned out, so we HAVE to blame Cypriots for it.
Of course! Those damned backward peasants are to blame, their bloody electricity supply was too heavy, or maybe the bulbs were produced in Cyprus! see! its easy!