The tax revenue of the country is not sufficient to pay debt and debt servicing and it was the responsibility of the Inland Revenue Department to expand the tax net and increase the tax revenue and they have set up plans to accomplish that task said, Nadun Guruge Deputy Commissioner General Department of Inland Revenue.
Guruge said they intent in providing these tax payers a much better service in the future by introducing RAMIS which is fully automated and registering and submitting returns can now be done online by E-Registration and E-Filling and in the future they expect to introduce E-payment which will enable any person to make payments online form any ware at any time. He said the implementation of RAMIS has now been 95% complete and they had invested over Rs 5 billion in the project.
Guruge said in a bid to broaden their tax base using RAMIS they would interface 35 institutions in the country and a unique number will be provided to every person and entity in the future which would be linked to the Inland Revenue Department. Hence all transactions will link to their data base and if the department finds that anyone is not paying tax a file will be opened against that person or entity.
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