Courtroom paperwork present Aptitude Airways owes Ottawa $67.2 million in unpaid taxes, prompting the federal authorities to acquire an order for the seizure and sale of the provider’s property.
The cash pertains to import duties on the 20 Boeing 737 Max jetliners that make up the price range airline’s fleet.
In an emailed assertion, Aptitude CEO Stephen Jones says the Edmonton-based firm has a take care of the Canada Income Company to pay the taxes, and that it’s “present with that plan.”
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He says the Federal Courtroom order obtained by the tax company in November has no impression on the provider’s operations, which have expanded over the previous yr and ramped up competitors with rival airways.
The order follows the repossession of 4 Aptitude planes final March after leasing supervisor Airborne Capital claimed that the corporate usually missed funds over the previous 5 months.
In response, Aptitude launched a $50-million courtroom motion towards Airborne Capital and three different leasing companies, arguing that ongoing calls for for cost from the 4 corporations had been “baseless.”
Canada Income Company spokeswoman Kim Thiffault says the company can’t touch upon particular circumstances (for confidentiality causes), however that it might garnish revenues or seize belongings as a final resort if appropriate cost preparations (with an organization) can’t be made.
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