Kathmandu, Nov 18: The government has to raise Rs 275 billion as arrears from 30,912 taxpayers till fiscal year 2081/82 BS.
As per the annual progress report of the Inland Revenue Department made public on Monday, the highest amount of dues of Rs 219 billion should be raised towards income tax from 193,620 taxpayers.
Similarly, Rs 48.70 billion dues remain to be collected from 137,253 taxpayers towards VAT while Rs 4.9 billion dues from 364 taxpayers towards Excise Duty as well as Rs 3.15 billion dues from 1,770 taxpayers towards other category.
The annual target progress set...