Where Are Ethics, Social Justice....With This Rude Tax Increment On Vehicle?

manula wrote:

mark wrote:eka BURUWEK kiwwa 7500k athi kiyala family ekakata.....me wage ewunta daduwam dena kalayak enakam lankawa diyunu wenne na,
edata thama lankawen pitarata giyapu educated minissu awith me rata godaganne...
api inne e dawasa enakam

nikan awata giyata politicianslata LAW DEGREE dena,DOCTOR rate dena ratak diyunu wenne na..

thamange wasiyata tax adu karala vahana anayana karala iwara wela dan tax wadi kara,ko sadaranaya?

where is the TRANSPARENCY?



you guys will forget everything and vote for his son after retirement of raja
then to the son of son(grandson of raja)
cycle will go on until a revolution

@mark.. ada thawa burwek kiyanawa.. SL is trying to get some more big sports festivals..going to bid for games same like commenwelath games... spend 800 m . for mega trips..team of 160 instead of Australia 20 ...

This minster cannot face the interview even with BBC... first said 100 million spend.. then asked about 800m agreed and said 100 m from government and other 700m from banks.. said state banks also funded but later decline..

BBC asked about the after having the cricket WC the how the board get bankrupt..

no use of talking

mark wrote:

manula wrote:

mark wrote:eka BURUWEK kiwwa 7500k athi kiyala family ekakata.....me wage ewunta daduwam dena kalayak enakam lankawa diyunu wenne na,
edata thama lankawen pitarata giyapu educated minissu awith me rata godaganne...
api inne e dawasa enakam

nikan awata giyata politicianslata LAW DEGREE dena,DOCTOR rate dena ratak diyunu wenne na..

thamange wasiyata tax adu karala vahana anayana karala iwara wela dan tax wadi kara,ko sadaranaya?

where is the TRANSPARENCY?



you guys will forget everything and vote for his son after retirement of raja
then to the son of son(grandson of raja)
cycle will go on until a revolution

@mark.. ada thawa burwek kiyanawa.. SL is trying to get some more big sports festivals..going to bid for games same like commenwelath games... spend 800 m . for mega trips..team of 160 instead of Australia 20 ...

This minster cannot face the interview even with BBC... first said 100 million spend.. then asked about 800m agreed and said 100 m from government and other 700m from banks.. said state banks also funded but later decline..

BBC asked about the after having the cricket WC the how the board get bankrupt..

no use of talking

Well said
After the highly celebrated WC what happen... No salaries for player..
Again any sport festivals?
Not value to talk more on this type of minister's talks

UKboy wrote:In the UK.

Below car is just Rs 4,500,000.00 ( £22,908.00) in the UK
2011 E Class



http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201142422580537/sort/priceasc/usedcars/maximum-age/up_to_1_year_old/model/e_class/make/mercedes-benz/page/1/radius/200/postcode/ng60ht?logcode=p

But.....
In Sri Lanka below 2010 model cost a whopping Rs 15,500,000.00 ..!!



http://www.autolanka.com/ad.asp?ID=67935

I guess thats very unfair.

It'll cost the same amount in Singapore as well.

rijayasooriya wrote:

aj wrote:I'm sure there are lawyers and law students in there.
Can't you file a case against the car permits. It's a violation of fundamental human rights that some people get the privilege of owning a car just buy selecting to parliament and working in government offices while there are millions of people who bring more money to this country and work day and night in private sector and individually.

It's the same as the law of the pigs: all the animals are equal but some animals are more equals than others.

Please consider the difference between the salary scales in private and government sectors.Basic salary of even a doctor in government sector is Rs25000 - Rs35000.I am not talking about MPs.

Dear Friend, i am not against the giving the special permission to the government staff, but is the staff with that salary in a position to explain how they able to purchase the Menz, BMW, or Audi! and other question is that the vehicle imported by them is actually used by them, if they can show those two i feel they are entitled to the permit!

Gaja wrote:

rijayasooriya wrote:

aj wrote:I'm sure there are lawyers and law students in there.
Can't you file a case against the car permits. It's a violation of fundamental human rights that some people get the privilege of owning a car just buy selecting to parliament and working in government offices while there are millions of people who bring more money to this country and work day and night in private sector and individually.

It's the same as the law of the pigs: all the animals are equal but some animals are more equals than others.

Please consider the difference between the salary scales in private and government sectors.Basic salary of even a doctor in government sector is Rs25000 - Rs35000.I am not talking about MPs.

Dear Friend, i am not against the giving the special permission to the government staff, but is the staff with that salary in a position to explain how they able to purchase the Menz, BMW, or Audi! and other question is that the vehicle imported by them is actually used by them, if they can show those two i feel they are entitled to the permit!

The Doctors can surely afford a car for around 5mn. The others simply sell their permits for the most part for around 1mn.

mono wrote:

Gaja wrote:

rijayasooriya wrote:

aj wrote:I'm sure there are lawyers and law students in there.
Can't you file a case against the car permits. It's a violation of fundamental human rights that some people get the privilege of owning a car just buy selecting to parliament and working in government offices while there are millions of people who bring more money to this country and work day and night in private sector and individually.

It's the same as the law of the pigs: all the animals are equal but some animals are more equals than others.

Please consider the difference between the salary scales in private and government sectors.Basic salary of even a doctor in government sector is Rs25000 - Rs35000.I am not talking about MPs.

Dear Friend, i am not against the giving the special permission to the government staff, but is the staff with that salary in a position to explain how they able to purchase the Menz, BMW, or Audi! and other question is that the vehicle imported by them is actually used by them, if they can show those two i feel they are entitled to the permit!

The Doctors can surely afford a car for around 5mn. The others simply sell their permits for the most part for around 1mn.

That is happening.

Redbulls wrote:
That is happening.

yeah. You don't sell your permit outright. What you do is import a very expensive vehicle, say for example a montero sport which is around 10-12mn, for about 6mn and then hand it over to the actual buyer for 7mn. You still own the vehicle but the other guy will use it for the next 5 years.

mono wrote:

Redbulls wrote:
That is happening.

yeah. You don't sell your permit outright. What you do is import a very expensive vehicle, say for example a montero sport which is around 10-12mn, for about 6mn and then hand it over to the actual buyer for 7mn. You still own the vehicle but the other guy will use it for the next 5 years.

You are absolutely right, but I know so many Govt employees sold their permits to business men through some brokers.
Main reason they do not have the purchasing power even 2-3 million.

Aciyawe Achchrayaya
In this land you can buy an old Maruti last year and sell it and become a lakshapathi this year.
Land like no other.

aj wrote:Aciyawe Achchrayaya
In this land you can buy an old Maruti last year and sell it and become a lakshapathi this year.
Land like no other.

General people are not benefited but only salesman benefited...

aj wrote:Aciyawe Achchrayaya
In this land you can buy an old Maruti last year and sell it and become a lakshapathi this year.
Land like no other.

Can do friend, but whether he will be in a position to buy another car?

aj wrote:Aciyawe Achchrayaya
In this land you can buy an old Maruti last year and sell it and become a lakshapathi this year.
Land like no other.

That's what happened to people who bought BFL mid 2010

mono wrote:

aj wrote:Aciyawe Achchrayaya
In this land you can buy an old Maruti last year and sell it and become a lakshapathi this year.
Land like no other.

That's what happened to people who bought BFL mid 2010

Even that happen who bought JKH in Feb 2012.
170+
now ?

Redbulls wrote:

mono wrote:

aj wrote:Aciyawe Achchrayaya
In this land you can buy an old Maruti last year and sell it and become a lakshapathi this year.
Land like no other.

That's what happened to people who bought BFL mid 2010

Even that happen who bought JKH in Feb 2012.
170+
now ?

I got hold of bfl at 60 got rid of it at over 450. i don't think jkh comes anywhere close to that

mono wrote:

Gaja wrote:

rijayasooriya wrote:

aj wrote:I'm sure there are lawyers and law students in there.
Can't you file a case against the car permits. It's a violation of fundamental human rights that some people get the privilege of owning a car just buy selecting to parliament and working in government offices while there are millions of people who bring more money to this country and work day and night in private sector and individually.

It's the same as the law of the pigs: all the animals are equal but some animals are more equals than others.

Please consider the difference between the salary scales in private and government sectors.Basic salary of even a doctor in government sector is Rs25000 - Rs35000.I am not talking about MPs.

Dear Friend, i am not against the giving the special permission to the government staff, but is the staff with that salary in a position to explain how they able to purchase the Menz, BMW, or Audi! and other question is that the vehicle imported by them is actually used by them, if they can show those two i feel they are entitled to the permit!

The Doctors can surely afford a car for around 5mn. The others simply sell their permits for the most part for around 1mn.

Most of them sell their permit around 1mn and buy a second hand vehicle after adding their savings also.Most of them can not afford to buy a unregistered vehicle.Of course a few doctors and a few number of other high standard government officers can afford that.But most can not.

They have increased fuel price & granted concessions for few categories.All bus owners benefited from increased bus fair.On the other hand this time on vehicle tax. they only consider abt government servants.so what abt others.
always average people suffering.why can't the reduce their government useless expenses.Huge Cabinet.several vehicles for MP's & ministers.
They ruined cse by introducing .....acts.

we have to pay for every thing.

From the recent bus fare hike, bus owners got more than the cost of fuel. They got a bonus. The government was not intelligent or had a backbone to correct that.
See
http://www.ft.lk/2012/02/23/chartered-institute-of-logistics-and-transport-fumes-over-bus-fare-hike-method/

And there's an extra 10% bonus they get from Rs. 9 minimum charge. Maru na. Bus owners hit jack pot.

yes,I agree with you aj.

These stupid ministers doesn't know how to calculate % calculations & parameters to determine bus fair.They think only one passenger is traveling inside the but at a given time.

in addition majority of the profit is stolen by drivers & conductors.(they never give 1 rupee for 9/= ticket nor the bus ticket)

so how these people manage a place like CSE...

I am a software engineer. If I am working in Sri Lanka, I may have to spend around 10 - 20 years of saving from my earnings to own a brand new Japanese vehicle. That means, I am spending half of my life for the vehicle.

In Kuwait, with almost one month salary I can purchase a 2nd hand Japanese vehicle (Year of Manufacture 2004 - 2005). If I save 4 - 5 months salary, I could go for a 2009 y/m Japanese vehicle. I could drive a 2012 model brand new Japanese vehicle in my 6 - 7 months salary.

Isn't it total unfair?

By Shamindra Ferdinando

The recent increase of duties on vehicle imports, including three wheelers and motor cycles, hadn’t affected ‘privileged imports’, which accounted for a substantial percentage of the total annual imports, private sector sources told The Island.

Asked whether the Opposition would take up the issue, deleted National List MP Harsha de Silva said that there should be social equality in tax policy. The parliamentarian acknowledged that the latest taxes hadn’t been directed at politicians, public officials and professionals.

The government had adopted four specific measures to curtail the rapidly growing trade deficit, limit fuel consumption and increase revenue, the MP said. The economist described measures as depreciation of exchange rate, increase in interest rates, upward revision of fuel and electricity prices and increase in import duty.

Sources said that over the year duty free vehicle entitlement granted to members of parliament had been gradually increased from $ 10,000 to $ 50,000.
http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=48995

yes.I agree with you monster.

This is the problem in policy planning.
1st they reduce tax on vehicles with out considering the outcome.
now it is raised up to sky.why can't they see the future.
this is how policy planning in SL.this is affected to every aspect of the economy.

ruc wrote:yes.I agree with you monster.

This is the problem in policy planning.
1st they reduce tax on vehicles with out considering the outcome.
now it is raised up to sky.why can't they see the future.
this is how policy planning in SL.this is affected to every aspect of the economy.

200% sure.

A group of Sri Lankans who have opened Letters of Credit (LCs) for new vehicles is appealing to the government to exempt them from the new high tax regime. They say the LCs was opened before the new taxes were announced on March 31, and the vehicles are already en-route to Sri Lanka from abroad. In a letter to this newspaper, they say it is unfair and unjust to increase the tax on already ordered vehicles and point out to contradictions in the policy. For example, they said the objectives of the increased vehicle taxes are to cut import expenditure of imports, reduce the trade gap and reduce traffic congestion (by lesser vehicles on the roads).

On all these objectives, enforcing increasing taxes on ordered vehicles won’t change the statuesque.
They said most of them are unable to pay the new tax rate and won’t be able to obtain a refund. “The foreign exchange has already gone out and cannot be stopped,” the letter said.

If the vehicles are not cleared within 21 days of arrival, they will be auctioned by the Colombo Port or Customs at a much lesser value than the market price and anyway get on the roads. “Thus increasing taxes on this category of imports doesn’t fulfill the objective of reducing traffic congestion unless the vehicles are not driven on the roads,” the letter said.

It said 95% of those who have imported vehicles from Japan or any other country have obtained credit facilities from finance companies which fit within their repayment capacity. “Please remember that these people also work towards developing their motherland though they don’t get a permit to import a vehicle as some privileged persons do,” it said.
http://sundaytimes.lk/120408/BusinessTimes/bt35.html

Monster wrote:I am a software engineer. If I am working in Sri Lanka, I may have to spend around 10 - 20 years of saving from my earnings to own a brand new Japanese vehicle. That means, I am spending half of my life for the vehicle.

In Kuwait, with almost one month salary I can purchase a 2nd hand Japanese vehicle (Year of Manufacture 2004 - 2005). If I save 4 - 5 months salary, I could go for a 2009 y/m Japanese vehicle. I could drive a 2012 model brand new Japanese vehicle in my 6 - 7 months salary.

Isn't it total unfair?

monster, it's not true that you need that long. especially being a software engineer.
but of course it is unfair that we have to pay much more.
then again it is simple economics isn't it. if it was as same as elsewhere, we wouldn't have enough roads to drive our cars in! We definitely don't have enough roads to even now.

on another note, when govt reduced the tax sometime back no one complained although vehicle owners lost a lot of wealth. at least they can recover some of it now.

New Vehicle Prices.



Note: I got this new price table from an unknown source. Therefore, I don't know how far this can be true.

Monster wrote:New Vehicle Prices.



Note: I got this new price table from an unknown source. Therefore, I don't know how far this can be true.

Good to know.
By chance do yo uhave the old prices to compare ( before hike) ?

Thanks Monster.

If the vehicle assemble in sri lanka then no tax imposed...

why?
Please explain..

Is it not affected to current traffic on the road due to assemble vehicle in sri lanka?

Paying in SL rupees for the parts imports for those assemble?

or

Any other hidden reason?

SL.Market wrote:

Any other hidden reason?

Hidden reason obvious.

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දශක 6 කට ආසන්න කාලයක්‌ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට මෝටර් රථ ආනයනය කර අලෙවි කරන අංක එකේ ආයතනය වන ඇසෝසියේටඩ් මෝටර්වේස්‌ පුද්ගලික සමාගම (AMW) තම සුසුකි මරුටි ගනුදෙනුකරුවන්ට මෑතකදී රජය විසින් පනවන ලද බදු නිසාවෙන් වැඩි වූ මිල ගණන්වලින් අඩක්‌ම ආයතනය විසින් දරාගනු ලබමින් ඉමහත් සහනයක්‌ ලබාදීමට කටයුතු කර ඇත.

සීමිත කාලයකට (2012 මැයි 15 දක්‌වා) ලබාදී ඇති මෙම අවස්‌ථාව දැරිය හැකි මුදලකට අලුත්ම අලුත් Brand New භැඅ මෝටර් රථයක්‌ මිලදී ගැනීමට බලාපොරොත්තුවෙන් සිටි ජනතාවට විශාල සහනයක්‌ වන බව බොහෝ දෙනාගේ අදහසයි.

AMW ආයතනය කෙරෙහි විශ්වාසය තබමින් දැරිය හැකි මුදලකට ලබාගත හැකි ඉහළම ඉන්ධන කාර්යක්‍ෂමතාවක්‌ සහිත සහ අලෙවියෙන් පසු දිවයින පුරා විහිදී ජාලයකින් ලැබෙන අතිවිශිෂ්ට සේවාව මත සුසුකි මරුටි මෝටර් රථ 50,000 කට ආසන්න ප්‍රමාණයක්‌ මේ වන විට මිලදී ගෙන ඇති ගනුදෙනුකරුවන්ට තම කැමැත්ත අනුව දැනට පාවිච්චි කරන සුසුකි මරුටි මෝටර් රථය සමාගම සමඟ හුවමාරු කර Brand New රථයක්‌ ලබා ගැනීමට ඇති ඉඩකඩ ද මින් තවදුරටත් පුළුල් වේ.

http://www.divaina.com/2012/04/26/velanda02.html