Income tax saga comes back to haunt Adrian Delia

Fresh doubts have emerged on the Nationalist Party leader’s position with the taxman as a leaked e-mail shows that, apart from an €81,000 bill he reportedly settled last year, Adrian Delia still owed the exchequer €64,000. Times of Malta on Tuesday sought to clarify the matter with Dr Delia, asking if he still had any pending income tax bills, however, he said he was not in a position to reply. "The leader of the Opposition, Dr Adrian Delia, cannot confirm or deny any of your questions without being given the opportunity to see and analyse the said documents you claim to have,” a party spokesman said. Asked by the PN spokesman whether Dr Delia could see the document in person, Times of Malta on Wednesday morning said it had no objection. According to the e-mail seen by Times of Malta, in January last year, Dr Delia had reached an agreement with the Inland Revenue Department to start settling dues dating back more than a decade. The first bill, which covered the period between 2007 and 2013, totalled €81,751. It consisted of €48,374 in unpaid tax, a €4,604 penalty and €28,773 in interest. Dr Delia had declared this pending bill himself in September 2017 during the PN leadership...