Over 2,000 taxpayers failing to submit tax details suspended in Chitwan

Chitwan, June 8: As many as 2,373 of the value-added tax (VAT) payers registered at the Internal Revenue Office in Bharatpur have been suspended.

The Internal Revenue Department has suspended those taxpayers who have not submitted value-added tax statements for the past six months.

Information officer of the office Bimal Paudel said that 2,400 value-added tax payers registered at the office had not submitted their details. Only 27 VAT-payers had submitted the details after the Department issued a notice to this effect on April 24.

With the suspension of those tax-payers not submitting the details, their operations have been halted and consumers have been informed not to engage in business transaction with them.

The suspended taxpayer must submit all remaining tax details if they need to continue their business operations.

There are more than 72,000 taxpayers in the district, including over 10,000 value-added tax payers.

It is stated that the Inland Revenue Department has published the list of 95,349 taxpayers not submitting their VAT details within the deadline across the country and has suspended them. (RSS)