Excise Dept. in Hot Water Over Uncharged Tax Arrears
The Committee on Ways and Means expressed its strong displeasure over the failure to act on the recommendations given by the committee on 24.04.2024 to collect the total tax amount of 1.1 billion rupees for the year 2023 from the relevant liquor manufacturers on or before 30.06.2024.
The Excise Department stated that the recommendations given by the committee and the contradictions between the agreements for the collection of excise duty in previous years and the measures to be taken in this regard were inquired from the Ministry of Finance on 24.05.02, but no reply was received from the Ministry.
This was discussed when the Committee on Ways and Means met recently at the Parliament premises under the chairmanship of Member of Parliament Patali Champika Ranawaka
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