Implement tax system
The Himalayan Times
28 June 2018
Implement
tax system
The government of Nepal had, in
the past for several years, and has engaged many working partners shouldering
the responsibilities of implementing various development activities for the
well-being of its people, especially, residing in the remote rural areas. These
working partners were or are local youth clubs, user’s groups, non-governmental
organizations (NGOs), international non-governmental organizations (INGOs),
bilateral and multi-lateral donor organizations. All these partner
organizations were or have been implementing their development activities in
different parts of the country in their own ways based on the nature of
programmes and objectives.
However, the government did not
seem to have its own proper basis or criteria to engage these partners which resulted
in the haphazard implementation of development activities. Also, in the absence
of proper supervision and monitoring mechanism with the government and its
concerned authorities, the achievement of intended objectives of all these
partners especially that of I/NGOs could not be scientifically measured.
However, the roles and contributions of some of these organizations in
empowering the local population and carrying out development activities beneficial
to their target groups cannot be and should not be undermined. The government
should have identified and encouraged these successful organizations to move
into other needy areas which unfortunately did not happen.
Now, the questions have raised
which I/NGOs should be given Tax Exemption Certificate (TEC) and which should
not be “Taxation in INGOs” (THT, June 26, Page 6). Some of them are paying
taxes and some are not. This again indicates that the government and its
concerned authorities either do not have proper taxation system regarding I/NGOs
or are not serious enough to appropriately implement the existing taxation
system. In fact, all the I/NGOs should not be profit making organizations based
on the nature of their funding.
Rai
Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj
