'Victory for poor' - Lead Stories - Jamaica Gleaner - Thursday | May 3, 2012

'Victory for poor' - Lead Stories - Jamaica Gleaner - Thursday | May 3, 2012: "A DECISION by the special tax committee of Parliament to recommend to the House of Representatives that some items, to include basic foods, remain exempt from general consumption tax (GCT) has left representatives of the country's private sector disheartened.

"If there is an intention to retain a wide range of exemptions, that obviously is very disappointing," Joseph M. Matalon, president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, told The Gleaner yesterday.

Members of the Dr Peter Phillips-chaired committee yesterday reviewed a draft report which is to be sent to the House of Representatives."

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