Ravi Imports Super Luxury Benz, While Ordering Public To Tighten Their Belts
While the public was ordered to tighten their belts, and pay up increased taxes, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake this month imported a brand new super luxury Mercedes Benz from Germany with a duty free vehicle permit, which resulted in the country losing millions of rupees in revenue.
The total tax waived off for Karunanayake’s luxury Benz which was imported on November 2, 2016 is approximately Rs. 29 million on the vehicle. The custom’s declaration form in possession of the Colombo Telegraph has been signed by the Finance Minister himself.
Source - https://www.colombotelegraph.com/in...while-ordering-public-to-tighten-their-belts/
While the public was ordered to tighten their belts, and pay up increased taxes, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake this month imported a brand new super luxury Mercedes Benz from Germany with a duty free vehicle permit, which resulted in the country losing millions of rupees in revenue.
The total tax waived off for Karunanayake’s luxury Benz which was imported on November 2, 2016 is approximately Rs. 29 million on the vehicle. The custom’s declaration form in possession of the Colombo Telegraph has been signed by the Finance Minister himself.
Source - https://www.colombotelegraph.com/in...while-ordering-public-to-tighten-their-belts/
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