On Tuesday, the colourful deejay made headlines when the Special Enforcement team at the Inland Revenue with assistance from the St Andrew police visited his residence and seized his Mercedes Benz.
As previously reported in media, the Inland Revenue department said the operation was aimed at seizing assets to settle million of dollars in unpaid taxes. According to Elephant Man's attorney Roderick Gordon, he was involved in internal meetings with the deejay and his management yesterday, going through all the paperwork and examining their options. Up until then the deejay's team had not been in contact with the tax office
The Special Enforcement team at the Inland Revenue visited Elephant Man's popular Havendale home on Tuesday where they claimed to have found nothing of value, after which investigations led the team to a house off Hope Road, St Andrew, where a red convertible Mercedes Benz vehicle belonging to the deejay was seized.
Meris Haughton, the director of communications at the tax, department, while declining to disclose the exact amount owed by Elephant Man, said his arrears are in the millions. Haughton explained that in cases like these, delinquent taxpayers have ten days to pay off their arrears or the confiscated asset will be auctioned. She said if the proceeds from the auction does not cover the debit, the taxpayer could face criminal or civil charges.
In March, the tax department had placed Elephant Man on a list of 50 high-profile delinquent taxpayers.
Elephant Man is known for songs such as Sweep, This is How We Do It featuring Bounty Killer and is expected to perform tonight at Reggae Sumfest, Dancehall night.
