9 September 2022 08:57 am Views - 239
By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana
A major tea export company in Sri Lanka has been evading taxes worth US dollars 300 million every year, a government MP told Parliament yesterday.
MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage who made this disclosure in Parliament added that none of the companies who run supermarket chains have paid a single cent as taxes.
“There is also a popular clothing store which has 48 outlets island wide which has not paid a single cent as taxes and a major apparel company which earns Rs. 700 million annually but evades paying taxes.
Coming up with another staggering disclosure, he said a certain senior officer who earns Rs 1.4 million in a state bank and his taxes are paid by the bank itself.