Dear Cajetan, Excellent. This is sure way to stop corruption. Basically, unknowingly we fuel the corruption by not asking for a receipt or a bill.
If you check-out our Road Map for Goa Chapter I [Law and Order] these measures are listed at 4(a) Accountable Business Practices and 4(b) Illicit Trades. Furthermore Chapter III [General Administration] - Revenue & Taxation (a), (b) & (c) gives a hollistic picture of the fool-proof system of tax collection which could be further improves by incorporating suggestions such as the ones given by you. A note has been taken for good measures. B/rgds floriano goasuraj ----- Original Message ----- From: "cajetan vaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 9:22 AM Subject: [Goanet] Caje's Bhaji - Top 5 on tax evasion! Caje's Bhaji - Top 5 places where 'pucca' receipts are not issued. 1. Hardware stores (ask for a receipt and you'll be threatened with 'additional' sales tax) 2. Furniture Showrooms (with the exception of Style Spa and Damro most operate on cash) 3. Restaurants (don't be fooled by a handwritten slip of paper) 4. Stores selling meats, groceries, bread&more (these include the big names) 5. Saturday Night Markets (The most blatant tax evasion haven) Caje's Bhaji - Top 5 places where cash is accepted no questions asked. 1. Casinos on and off shore (black money spins smoothly here) 2. Donations and sponsorships of religious and cultural events. 3. Wedding service providers, bands, MC's, decorators, caterers, wine merchants. 4. Local joahalarias (Try paying the shetlo by credit card or cheque) 5. Property brokers, builders, Interior Designers, Masons, even Doctor's clinics (Next time pay by cheque) Caje's Bhaji - Top 5 sources of tax-free cash generation in Goa. 1. Matka (Staggering amount of cash generated at every street corner) 2. Property transactions (Goa tops in the ratio of black:white) 3. Renting of houses, vehicles, restaurants. 4. Sale of Goan Art. 5. Wholesale foreign exchange across the beach belts. It's simple. If we want to reduce corruption, let's start here. Insist on a 'pucca' receipt for all transactions. Don't pay or accept 'black'. This is one simple and effective way to choke the parallel economy that is ruining our state. It's one easy-to-do step to save Goa. Cheers! Cajetan Vaz
