AP is PERMIT to bring in the car, just a yes to bring it home. Tax is another story altogether.

The controversy is the conditions that the AP's can be give out were totally overlooked when these people were awarded the AP's. There are a few types of AP's where for importing CBU cars and CKD cars, there were conditions that to be granted an AP you first need to have a company with a certain number of sales branches or a manafacturing facility BUT the AP's were given to people who weren't even in the automotive industry let alone have a single sales branch for that matter.

Secondly if i remember correctly some parties were grossly underdeclaring the value of the cars OR declaring them as second hand cars/recond cars when they were actuallly new to avoid the taxes there.

Thridly the number of AP's that were awarded were astounding in the region of hundreds to ONE single person only who then took the liberty of SELLING the AP's which is NOT allowed because they are meant to be used by the person to whom it was granted too.

Last but not least, all those who were granted AP frivolously were some way or other related to a certain minister in a certain department.

http://paultan.org/archives/2005/07/24/how...ke-their-money/

http://paultan.org/archives/2005/07/29/an-ap-kings-home/

This post has been edited by rcracer: May 21 2007, 12:06 PM