Multi Billion Tax Revenue Fraud By Yahapālana Group Exposed
Nagananda Kodituwakku
Wickremesinghe administration when keep on increasing tax in various forms, urged people to bare it, claiming that the new administration cannot run the government business without adequate funds in the treasury blaming MR regime. Since then people were burdened with more and more tax charged on every commodity, including hospital bill payments.
Yet, it has been revealed that the new government that promised clean corrupt free administration dubbed ‘Yahapalana’ is committing worse crime than Rajapaksa regime, keeping the people in total dark.
All 225 MP elected to the parliament in the General Election held in August last year, including those who were rejected by the people yet nominated as MPs through the National list, have been issued with a tax free permit by yahapalana administration to import a vehicle (petrol or diesel) upto the value of US$ 62,500.00. These permits have been issued with no limitation on the engine capacity and there is no restriction whatsoever on the transfer of vehicles imported on these permits to any.