“No change in duty, No increase in price” Minister says no new tax for Sanitary Products
State Minister Kanchana Wijesekara today responded to the accusations raised by the opposition that Goverment has imposed a new 15% tax on Sanitary products.
“Import tax on sanitary products was at 30% Custom Duty n 0% CESS. The Custom duty has been adjusted to 5,10,15% slabs as per new tax policy. With the new adjustments taxes for sanitary products will be 15% Custom Duty and 15% CESS. There’s NO CHANGE IN DUTY, NO INCREASE in PRICE.” State Minister Kanchana Wijesekara tweeted.
“The total revenue from duty on sanitary products were Rs 140 million in 2019 and we will request President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to reduce that too without harming the local producers or support the local producers to lowers their costs.” He added.
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