NAIROBI,Kenya, July 21 – London Distillers Director Mohan Galot was Wednesday arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts where he faced at least 18 tax related charges leveled against him between 2015 and 2019.
Galot pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
In the first count, Galot according to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) as a director of the aforementioned company, is accused of unlawfully ommitting from excise duty return for the year 2016 production volumes totaling to 16,593 liters of ready to drink beverages and a further 2.9 million liters of spirit which ought to have been declared to the commissioner KRA as required by the excise duty Act. 23 of 2015.
He is also accused of failing to pay excise duty amounting to Sh524,425,063 for the year 2016.
In 2016, sales amounting to Sh1,281,197,781, was ommitted from the value added tax while Sh204,991,645 was not paid as value added tax.
Between January 1,2017, and June, 30, 2017, tax returns for the year 2016 amounting Sh112,155,870 was ommitted.
January 1,2017, and June, 30, 2017, income tax for the year 2016 totaling Sh33,646,761 was not paid.
In 2017 he is also said to have ommitted from the tax returns production volumes of 3,564 liters of ready to drink beverages and 4,330,720 liters of spirit ought to have been accounted for and declared in the tax returns.
As a result an excise duty amounting to Sh814,531,858 for the year 2017 was not paid.
Value added tax amounting to Sh226,332,663 for the year 2017 was also not paid.
Value added tax returns for the year 2017 sales amount totaling to Sh1,414,579,143 was also unlawfully ommitted and not declared.
Between January 1, and June 30, 2018, amounts totaling to Sh77,152,828 was ommitted from the income tax returns for the year 2017. During the same period, he is also said to have failed to pay income tax for the year 2017 totaling Sh23,145,848.
In 2019, production volumes totaling, 814,887 liters of spirit was also ommitted from the tax returns production volumes. Subsequently, excise duty amounting to Sh171,126,307 was not paid for the year 2019.
Value added tax amounting to Sh55,053,440 for the year 2019 was also not paid.
Sales amounting to Sh488,532,004 was also not accounted for in 2015 after it was ommitted from the value added tax. In the same period Galot is accused of failing to pay value added tax mounting to Sh 78,165,121.
Between January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2019, Galot is said to have unlawfully ommitted from value added tax return for the year, sales amount totaling to Sh344,084,00 which ought to have been declared.
Galot was granted a bond of Sh5 million plus 1 surety of the same amount.
Alternatively the accused was also directed to deposit Sh1 million cash bail.
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