By Bandula SirimannaView(s):
Investigators have unearthed a massive tax evasion of more than Rs.6 billion by W.M. Mendis & Co. Ltd one of the renowned liquor manufacturers in Sri Lanka owned by Central Bank bond scam suspect Arjun Aloysius. It has also defaulted Rs. 1.1 billion in excise duty up to now inflicting a massive loss to the Excise Department, according to a recent investigation by the Inland Revenue Department (IRD).
This company has not paid necessary corporate income tax payment amounting to Rs. 2.63 billion and payment of VAT amounting to Rs. 3.55 billion to IRD during the previous regime and the IRD has taken legal action to recover these dues.