VAT Amendments Will Not Be Presented To The Parliament On 20th Of July As Planned-State Minister Of Finance

The  proposed VAT(value added tax) Amendments will not be presented to the Parliament on 20th of July as planned earlier according to the State Minister of Finance Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena.

As a faction had today (14)filed a court case against the VAT  amendments it will take two to three weeks for government to take a decision on  the proposed amendments   the Minister has stated.

Earlier the government has announced that it will present the  VAT Amendments  to the Parliament on 20th of July and taken steps to pass it.