About 221,590
claimants with irregular or no tax pin got paid S4 billion, 7,166 others with irregular IDs were paid an undisclosed amount, with 232
claimants having shared Sh152.8 million.
'The FBR has finalised around 600 refund
claimants who can get the sales tax refund payments through the bonds.
The
claimants of sales tax refund bonds have been conveyed that bonds carry a simple profit of 10 percent per annum payable at the end of three-year maturity period i.e.
The government decided to issue sales tax refund bonds to the
claimants so as to resolve the problems of long outstanding refunds.
He argued that other facts of the case pointed to the Ajman Courts being the appropriate forum for the dispute: the defendant was a UAE national domiciled in Ajman; the claim related to a school located in Ajman; the material agreements were concluded, notarised and registered (where applicable) in Ajman; and the second and third
claimants were registered as companies in the Emirate of Ajman and the Ajman Free Zone.
The Philippine government was set to receive $4 million, with the remaining going to other
claimants, including the Golden Buddha Corp.
A DWP spokeswoman said: "When
claimants have housing or utility arrears, we make deductions from their benefits to help pay off debts and keep them in their homes.
"I will continue to urge the DPWH leadership to render justice especially to the poor
claimants who don't have the wherewithal to have their claims processed and finalized," he added.
The payments have been made to all those
claimants of the aforesaid categories who had provided their bank account details in IBAN format.
The number of Job Seekers Allowance and Universal Credit
claimants registered in June count 940 - a decrease of 40 on May (-4.1 per cent) but an increase of 45 on last year (+5 per cent) with an employment rate of 71.2 per cent.
Compensation amounts would be proportionate to crimes committed against
claimants.
