The CIAA filed the case against the former Director-General of the Inland Revenue Department Chudamani Sharma, former Chairman of the Tax Settlement Commission Lumbadhwaj Mahat, and member Umesh Prasad Dhakal.

According to CIAA Spokesperson Narayan Prasad Risal, the case was filed against them on the charge of corruption for exempting taxpayers in various tax statements.

The anti-graft constitutional body strives to ax corruption in the country by investigating financial irregularities and corruption involving public officials.

Nepal is one of the most corrupted countries in the world. The Himalayan nation ranks 117^th globally in terms of corruption, as per the 2021 edition of the Global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) by Transparency International.

“Nepal’s anti-corruption efforts are inadequate. Corruption and abuse of power in the public sector, lack of action against public officials, bribery in business, and lack of citizen access to information still persists in the country,” said Transparency International.

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Alcoholic beverage companies received a major tax exemption from the Tax Settlement Commission (TSC), revealed the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) in its recent charge-sheet, filed at the Special Court on July 16, 2017.

The anti-graft body filed a Rs 10.2 billion graft case, each against TSC Chairman Lumba Dhwoj Mahat, member Umesh Dhakal and member secretary Chudamani Sharma, and the suspended Director General of the Inland Revenue Department.

These officials were booked for doing illegal tax settlement of almost 45 companies, with some of them getting 99 percent rebate.

List Not Exhaustive

Triveni Distillery (Rs 4.01 billion), followed by Shree Distillery (Rs 2 billion), Gorkha Brewery (Rs 914.06 million) and Mt. Everest Brewery (Rs 717.62 million), received a major tax exemption.

All the four companies, together, accounted for a tax exemption worth Rs 7.66 billion.

Besides, a total of 16 companies under probe in revenue tribunal and more than 20 companies which evaded taxes through fake VAT bills, were given tax exemption.

1000 More Files Under Probe

According to the Commission, tax exemption given to various companies is higher than what was mentioned in the TSC report.

The amount could go up as the anti-grant body is yet to investigate 1,000 more files related to tax exemption, CIAA informed.

“TSC did not even follow tax settlement work plan prepared by it for these companies,” says the CIAA charge-sheet.

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