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Around 200 firms sell fake VAT bills worth Rs 15 billion leading to huge tax evasion: Revenue probe department

The racketeers who sold the fake VAT bills have been found to have registered firms in the name of poor and ignorant people from rural areas so that they can avoid being indicted by law enforcement agencies. Around 200 firms sell fake VAT bills worth Rs 15 billion leading to huge tax evasion: Revenue probe department
Even though the last fake VAT bill scandal was exposed in 2010, people are found to have engaged in such practices as early as 2014, revenue investigation officials say. Photo courtesy: Department of Revenue Investigation
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Prithvi Man Shrestha
Published at : August 6, 2020
Updated at : August 6, 2020 08:48
Kathmandu

Prithvi Man Shrestha

Prithvi Man Shrestha is a political reporter for The Kathmandu Post, covering the governance-related issues including corruption and irregularities in the government machinery. Before joining The Kathmandu Post in 2009, he worked at nepalnews.com and Rising Nepal primarily covering the issues of political and economic affairs for three years.


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