Kathmandu, Sept. 13
Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Paudel said that internal
resource mobilisation will be made more effective to achieve the goal of development
and prosperity of Nepal.
Speaking to
the tax officers at a programme held after the inspection of the Internal
Revenue Department (IRD) in the Capital on Friday, DPM Paudel said that the tax
system will be further modernised in order to mobilize internal resources more
effectively, reduce the tax participation cost of taxpayers, and prioritise the
development of technology-friendly human resource.
He instructed
the employees to work to expand the scope of taxes, create a taxpayer-friendly
environment, increase the quality of taxpayer services, increase voluntary tax
participation, and stop tax evasion and leakage.
Finance
Minister Paudel said that he will also take more initiatives in institutional
reforms to create result-based professional organisation with work specialization
while emphasise would be given to simplifying the work process, risk-based tax
audit and electronic governance.
Saying that
the arrears and delinquencies in the big tax offices have increased, DPM Paudel
has directed them to conduct a special campaign to clear the arrears.
Finance
Secretary, Dr. Ram Prasad Ghimire, instructed the employees to understand their
responsibilities and obligations.
Likewise, Revenue
Secretary, Dinesh Kumar Ghimire, asked them to move forward by paying attention
to the target of revenue mobilisation. The country has not been able to meet
the annual revenue targets for the past several years with just about 64 per
cent revenue target meeting in the last Fiscal Year 2023/24.
Director
General of the IRD, Ram Prasad Acharya, expressed his commitment to fulfill the
target of internal revenue collection this year which stands at Rs. 701
billion. Total revenue target for this fiscal is Rs. 1419.30 billion.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 14 September 2024.
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