Jet purchase pits Rogers vs. Ont. gov’t in tax fight: report
telecom | 01/23/2015 3:32 pm EST
Rogers Communications Inc. has filed a court challenge to recoup almost $3 million paid to the Ontario government in lieu of sales tax on a jet it bought in 2006, the Globe and Mail reported.
In an article posted to its website Thursday night, the Globe said Rogers bought the jet, which can carry up to 19 passengers, for $23.8 million from Bombardier Inc. Four years after the purchase, the government said Rogers owed $2.2 million in sales tax for the purchase plus $665,198 in interest, the article said.
Rogers paid the bill but challenged it at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice last year, the Globe reported. It cited court documents that say Rogers is arguing it bought the jet for
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