INSIDE THE TAX NET

Sri Lanka is collecting more taxes. Yet, higher collections mean little for fairness if the burden continues to fall heavily on those who are already in the tax net while evasion remains difficult to tackle. Tax revenue rose by nearly 20 percent year on year to Rs. 3,684 billion in the eight months ended 31 …

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