Transparency International Nepal urged Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal to immediately bring tax evaders to book.

Dispatching an alert letter to the PM on Thursday, the watchdog mentioned the need of immediately publicising the names of those involved in evading various taxes including VAT (Value Added Tax).

“The government should immediately make public the names of those tax cheaters to check alarming impunity in the nation,” reads the letter.

The letter issued by chairman Bishnu Bahadur K.C also highlighted the rise in impunity in many sectors, adding that in such a situation the government’s failure to penalise tax evaders will ultimately encourage impunity in revenue collection, the backbone of country’s economy. nepalnews.com