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Fonds LK-NA/108.10 - Taxation Inquiry Commission

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LK LK-NA LK-NA/108.10

Title

Taxation Inquiry Commission

Date(s)

  • 1966-1967 (Creation)

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Files 1-8 ,printed, typewritten

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This Commission was established on 17th September 1966 by The Governor General to inquire into and examine the overall incidence of existing taxes, and the adequacies and suitability of existing tax incentive to savings, in terms of Reference the Commission was requested to Mobilise and adequate volume of resources to accelerate the rate of capital formation. and the efforts of public anti private sectors and foreign investors in achieving a higher rate of economic growth.
Modifications, if any, required in the present system of taxation and tax administration taking into account an equitable distraction of tax burdens and difference in income and wealth. Finally proposed a system should be national, consistent and simple one.
The commissioners were Arthur Godwin Ranasinghe (chairman) Lional Augustus Weerasinghe, Ariel Ariely, W.Wendernburge, A.G.Jagasoothi (Secretary)

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Memoranda, evidence (1966- 1967)

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Language of material

  • English
  • Sinhala

Script of material

  • Latin

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LK-NA

Rules and/or conventions used

ISAD(G)

Status

Final

Level of detail

Minimal

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

  • Latin

Sources

International Council on Archives Guide to the Sources of Asian History Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka II (Vol 1), National Archives of Sri Lanka, 1996.

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