The NPP will fully removed the Value Added Tax ( VAT) imposed on medicine, school equipment and food, the Party’s presidential candidate Anura Kumara Disaanayake said today.
He added the NPP will also reduce the price of electricity and fuel when it forms a government.
“ We can reduce costs if we work according to a plan,” Disaanayake said while addressing a rally in Kiribathgoda.
He said they can get taxes from those who are not a paying taxes. “ We will simplify the tax structure and widen the tax base and collect taxes to cover up for the taxes we are freeing essential items from,” he says,
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
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