Do not impose dual taxation: Parliament’s finance committee orders govt

 

Kathmandu, August 14

Parliament’s finance committee has ordered the government to cancel all forms of dual taxation levied on the people.

Taxes imposed by the federal and local government have increased the economic burden of people, and this needs to stop, said the members of the committee during a meeting on Tuesday.

The committee has ordered the Office of Prime Minister and the Council of Minister, Ministry of Finance, National Planning Commission and the National Natural Resource and Finance Commission to coordinate their activities so that the people do not face dual taxation.

The order comes amid reports that the local governments in different parts of the country have raised tax rates and imposed new taxes on the people. There have also been instances when people have paid taxes to both the central and local governments for the same purpose.

The committee has also directed local governments not to hike tax rates and demanded that the Ministry of Finance take the initiative to resolve the situation.

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