Govt. suffering from tax mania: Gemunu

The government is suffering from a tax mania and trying to collect even from private buses, the Lanka Private Bus Owners’ Association (LPBOA) chairman Gemunu Wijeratne said. While lodging a complaint at the Human Rights Commission (HRC) today Mr. Wijeratne said the government is trying to collect tax money even from private buses as we are providing the same service as the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB). “Today we lodged a complaint against the Finance Minister and the Secretary and to the Inland Revenue Department Commissioner before taking the step to a bus strike,” Mr. Wijerathne said. We have made several discussions with the Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayaka earlier and the discussion ended with a hope that didn’t come true as yet, he said.