NCE seeks member views on Budget 2018
View(s):The National Chamber of Exporters (NCE) of Sri Lanka conducted a brainstorming forum to discuss and identify sector issues of members to be submitted as budget proposals to the Ministry of Finance for the 2018 National Budget.
The forum was held on August 10 at the NCE conference hall with over 25 members and sectoral heads representing various export sectors present to discuss policy and fiscal proposals, the chamber said in a media release.
Ms. Subhashini Abeysinghe – Research Director of Verité Research, R. M.R.S.V. Dissanayake – Deputy Director of Fiscal Policy and K. K. I. Eranda, Assistant Director of Fiscal Policy from the Ministry of Finance participated at the forum as panellists to suggest and comment on various views of the proposals made by the NCE members.
Senior officials of the audit firm Ernest and Young were also present to comment on the tax implications related to exports. The event was moderated by Sarada De Silva, immediate Past President of the NCE.
Various proposals from sectors such as fisheries, rubber, footwear, spices, minerals and others were discussed.
“The NCE has been working very closely with the officials of the Ministry of Finance regarding the proposals of the previous budgets as well as the forthcoming budget. The chamber has also been working closely with the council members as well as the sectoral heads in the preparation of the proposals to be submitted representing the exporter community,” the release added.
The forum was successful related to the main objective of identifying macro issues for the budget proposals and the discussion was interactive with the participation of the members and panellists.