4.9Verder heeft belanghebbende een verklaring van [ G ], financial controller van belanghebbende, van 19 april 2018 ingebracht waarin het volgende is verklaard:
“I, [ G ], hereby affirm the following:
I am the Financial Controller at [ Q ] (“[ X ]”) and have held this position since prior to 2013.
On or about May 3, 2013, I attended a meeting in Bonaire regarding the implementation of gaming license fees. Also attending the meeting were [ T ] of OLB, as well as [ H ] and [ O ] (then General Manager of [ X ]).
To the best of my recollection, the primary purpose of the meeting was to discuss implementation of the new casino license fee in a fair and reasonable manner. As part of these considerations, it was acknowledged that the collections must cover the expense of having casino controllers monitor operations over money laundering concerns.
In the meeting, [ T ] concluded that 1,5% casino licensing fee should be calculated using the same base applicable for the gaming tax calculation, which is commonly referred to as the “win” (also known as net revenue). [ T ] also determined that the current declaration forms for the gambling tax should be used for reporting the new licensing fee, since it was not known when new forms would be available. A the time I had, and continue to have, every reason to believe that [ T ] had the authority to determine the appropriate computation method and that he did so during this meeting. [ T ] did not provide any indication that the approved method of calculation was in any way temporary or required any additional approvals prior to its implentation.
Following the meeting, I did not receive, and was not been made aware of, any notice or other indication from [ T ], from OLB, or any other government official, that this approved computation method for casino licensing fees was not proper and appropriate until receipt of the June 2, 2017 notive from OLB.”