The half response or quasi attempt to answer the question leaves me and the public at the Minister’s mercy and convenience.
The recently tabled Interim Public Accounts for the Year Ended March 31, 2013, has tobacco tax collected in the main estimates at $17.326 million, yet the 2013 actual collected is reported at $15.587 million, a shortfall of $1.739 million.
Can the Minister explain this approximate $2 million in the shortfall? Thank you.