The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has made it  clear that no business should be conducted at the former Value-Added Tax office, Albert and Charlotte Streets, Bourda, since that building has been de-commissioned. The Communications Manager, Ms. Marcia Harris told the Guyana Chronicle, on Monday, that, presently, the GRA
is in the process of centralising its entire Georgetown operations and that entails the moving of all sub-offices currently being occupied by the agency to its newly acquired edifice on Camp Street, also in Georgetown.
She explained that as the GRA surrenders a place it is  then de-commissioned, which means that none of its activities is to be conducted at the location after the de-commissioning.
As is the case with the VAT premises, others will fall into that category and,  anyone attempting to conduct any business in the name of the tax authority will be committing  an illegal act.
The relocation process is about to enter its second phase following the completion of the first and the departments providing services in Camp Street include tax operations, tax advisory, business registration, tax returns and the acquisition of tax identification numbers (TIN).

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All the other services of the GRA, which continue to be offered at different locations around the city, should be in Camp Street by year end, Harris said.
The GRA does not now have land line telephone numbers in Camp Street and this has to do with the transfer of existing lines and installation of more.
Asked about the possible congestion along Camp and surrounding streets given the increased activity expected in the environs, Harris said GRA is in discussion with the government to secure sections of the railway embankment reserve for conversion into a vehicles parking lot.
She said the agency is also looking to acquire several vacant spots in the vicinity to be used for the same purpose.