Lawyers representing dancehall entertainer Elephant Man will be meeting with his management team Wednesday to discuss the artiste's tax woes.
Personnel from the Tax Administration Services Department raided the entertainers upper St. Andrew apartment on Tuesday. Members of the Tax Departments Special Enforcement Team seized a convertible Mercedes Benz motor car owned by Elephant Man, whose real name is O'Neil Bryan.
His attorney, Roderick Gordon, told RJRs Financial Report that he is trying to ascertain if the artiste has been treated fairly by the tax authorities.
Mr. Gordon says it is unclear how much entertainer owes in taxes.
I understand that estimated assessments have been raised but I have not seen all the documents that purportedly have been served. Very often, assessments are raised and the taxpayers have the right to challenge those assessments and offer their own account of what they say they owe (but) Im not sure if hes been afforded that opportunity, Mr. Gordon said.
It is understood that Elephant Man owes the Tax Department more than $10 million in outstanding taxes.
In March, the DJ was barred from leaving the country after the Department took out a stop order on him.
Sources told RJR News that the artiste paid over $3 million to the Department in March; however, he reportedly failed to pay over the balance and this led to Tuesday's operation.