The Inland Revenue Department's (IRD) 6-year old scheme (since 2007) of issuing Gold and Silver privileged cards as an incentive to high-net and consistent taxpayers for regular compliance has become a worthless exercise, disheartened taxpayers said.
More money from Sri Lanka's South is still moving up North since deposits in the North-East are lower than the loans obtained from this part of the country that is awakening post war, a leading banker said this week.
