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Appeal Court throws out GRA’s bid to seize Mohameds’ luxury vehicles
Kaieteur News- The Appeal Court on Monday, turned down an application by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to overturn a ruling by High Court Judge Gino Persaud, which blocked the revenue body from seizing several luxury vehicles owned by prominent businessman Azruddin Mohamed and his sister Hana Mohamed.
The revenue authority is going after the luxury vehicles, claiming that the Mohameds failed to pay over $1.2 billion in taxes for those vehicles.
Businessman Azruddin Mohamed
The appeal was decided before Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George and Justice Nareshwar Harnanan on Friday. This means that GRA’s battery of lawyers failed to convince the court that the vehicles should be impounded by the revenue authority until the case over tax evasion is heard and determined. The ruling of the appeal court therefore means that the luxury vehicles will remain with the Mohameds until the conclusion of the substantive case.
In the interim, the appeal court also ordered the GRA to pay $300,000 each in costs to Azruddin and Hana Mohamed by June 30th, 2025.
Justice Gino Persaud delivered a detailed ruling, concluding that the balance of justice required the preservation of the status quo, while the court hears further submissions and determines the substantive issues, including alleged tax breaches and violations of remigrant conditions.
In a statement following Justice Persaud’s decision, GRA said it would be challenging Justice Persaud’s ruling to extend the restraining order.
In a bid to clear his name, Azruddin Mohamed claimed that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Government was behind GRA’s move to seize his vehicles. He has alleged that it was politically motivated; stemming from PPP’s fears that he may contest the upcoming elections.
However, GRA maintained that it possesses “irrefutable evidence” of breaches, including the understatement of the value of certain vehicles.
GRA cited the lack of a bond, which is typically required to ensure the preservation of assets during legal proceedings, as the reason to move forward with an appeal.
“The GRA will lodge an appeal against the ruling, since the preservation of assets is not assured, and no bond has been lodged as is usual in these circumstances. The case has drawn significant public attention, as it involves high-end vehicles reportedly imported under duty-free concessions meant for returning Guyanese citizens,” the authority had stated.
The vehicles in dispute include one 2020 Ferrari PAD 5000 in the name of Hana Mohamed, with additional taxes of $479,743, 489 for breach of the re-migrant requirements; one 2023 Land Rover Range Rover, PAC 9000 in the name of Leslie Khan, with additional taxes of $61,485,982 for breach of the re-migrant requirements; one 2023 Rolls Royce, PAE 5000 in the name of Bibi Mohamed, with additional taxes of $320,064,246 for breach of the re-migrant requirements; one 2020 Lamborghini Roadster PZZ 4000, titled to Azruddin Mohamed, with additional taxes of $371,775,168 for false declaration of value; one 2021 Toyota Land Cruiser PAB 4000, titled to Azruddin Mohamed, with additional taxes of $24,641,272 for false declaration of value; One 2021 Toyota Land Cruiser, PAB 3000, titled to Azruddin Mohamed, with additional taxes of $24,641,272 for false declaration of value.
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