Rams Logistics owed $3.2m to IRD when it entered liquidation

Rams Logistics owed $3.2m to IRD when it entered liquidation
The firm had its Transport Service Licence stripped in March. (Image: File)
Gregor Thompson
Auckland-based freight company Rams Logistics went into liquidation owing the Inland Revenue Department more than $3 million.PwC insolvency practitioners Janet Sprosen and Stephen Robert White were appointed liquidators on April 1 after the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) filed an application a few days earlier.The first liquidator's report, released on Wednesday by the Companies Office, showed the IRD made a preferential claim for $3.2m relating to outstanding GST, employer and income taxes.Sprosen and White said the company’s d...

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