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Treasury keen to evade Parliament in Mauritius tax row

Treasury principal Secretary Kamau Thugge. PHOTO | FILE

What you need to know:

  • Treasury Permanent Secretary Kamau Thugge in court papers said the agreement was not subject to parliamentary scrutiny.
  • He said that such bilateral arrangements only require a cabinet approval and gazzetment to bring them into force.

Treasury is still fighting to keep a tax agreement out of parliament after a lobby group sued them over a pact it signed with Mauritius back in 2012.

The double taxation avoidance agreement allows firms registered in the two countries to pay taxes in only one country.