Liberia: Liberia Revenue Authority Investigates Logging Companies for US$25 million in Unpaid Taxes

Feb 26, 2017 | Gbatemah Senah, Bush Chicken
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The Liberia Revenue Authority says it is investigating a Global Witness’ report that logging companies in the country owe US$$25 million in unpaid taxes. The United Kingdom-based corruption watchdog, in a recent report on Liberia, claimed that top logging companies are failing to pay their taxes, and currently owe an immense US$25 million to the cash-strapped treasury. The amount constitutes at least five percent of the country’s annual budget.