Guptas have their dessert and eat it ... and SA taxpayer pays
Invoices paint an astonishing affair
What are you prepared to pay for cranberries‚ kiwi and a single scoop of ice cream?
Thanks to the international auditing firm‚ KPMG‚ and the SA Revenue Service‚ the Guptas were able to have all their wedding dessert and eat it – all without paying a cent‚ and with no expense spared.
That’s because you the taxpayer picked up the bill.
Invoices from the Guptas’ R30-million Sun City wedding‚ which are contained in a tranche of leaked family e-mails‚ paint an astonishing picture about the family’s exorbitant sweet tooth.
The invoices from the Guptas’ company Linkway Trading – which KPMG helped write off as a business expense – show that guests were presented a delicious sounding – and pricey – platter of dessert options.
Hazelnut milk Linder truffles alone set taxpayers back R13 088. But the chocolates were not the most expensive things on the menu for the threeday wedding.
Linkway Trading billed the Guptas R69 992 for 264 201 sachets of milk‚ while 600 single scoops of ice cream cost R21 812 62.
It seems that the main dishes the Guptas presented to their guests were vegetables which cost R169 652.
The ultimate spoil for the bride and groom and their wedding guests‚ however‚ appears to have been the fireworks display coming in at a cool R310 801 52.