Mangshir 1 has been declared as a national Tax day in
Nepal. From early morning people dressed up in black suits were seen shouting “pay your
tax”. It looked as if the government was desperately trying to show its presence in the streets
in regards to the normal practice of so call “CREDIBILITY”.
With rigid and tight policies, the government is very
contradictory in its operations of regulating tax issue to the Public. Despite the
difference in between the normal public and the business sector the police are
more lenient and facilitating towards for the big players.
For instance, if you go to open a formal company or
organization in Nepal, it’s just the lawyer charge and a minimum revenue tax of
Nrs 2000 depending upon the type and capital of your organization. But when you
try to close the same organization, then there are so many complications that
you cannot even imagine. It’s like a nightmare that keeps you haunting like
hell and you don’t even want to imagine.
A year back I had registered a company/ organization with
the PVT Ltd, I had the will and zeal to do something and was very inspired.
Being taxation and a commerce student, I also had some insights on company
details but after a year when I initiated the closure process I was shocked to
know it demanded a huge amount of money that started from Nrs 15,000 plus.
Its pretty shocking how our government works may be to some extent, we all can
understand the need and pressure to make the polices tight but regardless of that
the complication in closure pressure is hugely contradictory in every possible
means. The government’s roles and objective seems pretty narrowed down to the
extent of just collecting the tax money. In-fact a possible role of the
government should be towards making the public or citizens responsible towards
the system in every aspect of making the tax system vigilant, transparent and
easy where the role of the government is just limited towards revenue
generation only.
I believe simplification in the taxation procedure is a need. We the citizens
of Nepal pay taxes in everything thing from the garbage and sewage we discard
to the water we drink and still the government has such rigid policies that diverts
us from not being liable to the tax system. It is not about the punishment or
paying it’s about being RESPONSIBLE
and how you make yourself visible in the society, where it lacks its efforts.
Whether you talk about VAT or Service charge, the normal public has to suffer
regardless of any type of services and facilities available. Why should I be
liable to the tax system that is very rigid to the public? Why can’t the policy
makers understand that tax payers are the most important part of the economy
and when they are limited within the polices of the paying tax the credibility
fades
Why should I pay
the tax if I don’t feel secure while walking in the road?
Why should I pay the tax when the road of the PM office is top notch and the road
in front of my house is bad?
Why should I pay tax when I being a citizen have to stand in line and any other
man with power could easily bypass me using
his power?
Civilian supremacy is the need and right of every citizen in any democratic practice where a citizen should feel responsible not liable but with rigid policies and monopoly for a definite sector and people, Nepal’s tax policies make us feel liable and we fail to realize this as our responsibility……………………..
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