401/’18
Hon. Vasudeva Nanayakkara,—To ask the Minister of Finance & Mass Media,—
(a) Is he aware that—
(i) 57% of the total taxes of the country are collected by the Sri Lanka Customs;
(ii) a higher percentage of the aforesaid taxes are vehicle import taxes;
(iii) vehicle importers adopt various tactics to evade the payment of taxes; and
(iv) regulations have been imposed even by the Gazette Notification No.1901/3 dated 10.02.2015 in addition to the Gazette Notifications which have been issued by now to prevent this situation?
(b) Will he admit that—
(i) however, racketeers have been provided with opportunity by the Gazette Notification No. 1933/6 dated 22.09.2015 to act as they wish;
(ii) an income of more than 8000 million rupees can be collected if an inquiry is conducted in regard to the 1000 undervalued vehicles that have been detected by the customs officers upon the mandate given to them as per the Gazette Notification mentioned in (a) (iv); and
(iii) the country has lost a huge income since 21.09.2016 on which date all Customs investigations were temporarily suspended as per the order issued by the Director General of Customs?
(c) If so, will he inform this House whether steps will be taken to cancel the order mentioned in (b) (iii) above?
(d) If not, why?
Asked Date
2019-02-08
Asked by
Hon. Vasudeva Nanayakkara, M.P.
Ministry
Finance
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