Attorney General Bhandari decided not to prosecute the case on Sunday, a few days before her departure.
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Attorney General Savita Bhandari has decided not to prosecute the tax evasion dispute related to Worldlink Communications, saying there is no basis to prosecute. The Department of Revenue Investigation had investigated the tax evasion case of internet service provider Worldlink Communications Limited and submitted an investigation opinion report to the District Government Attorney's Office, Lalitpur. However, the District Government Attorney's Office had recommended not to prosecute the case, saying that it was not necessary to prosecute it.
The file sent by the District Government Attorney's Office had reached the Attorney General's Office via the High Government Attorney's Office. Attorney General Bhandari decided not to prosecute the case on Sunday, a few days before she was to leave.
Initially, the District Government Attorney's Office, Lalitpur, had decided not to prosecute the case. The decision was ratified by the High Government Attorney, Patan, and reached the Attorney General's Office.
‘Since there is no legal provision that Telecommunication Service Charge (TSC) is not levied on maintenance fees, there is no concrete situation and basis for the leakage of revenue, supporting the decision of the District Government Attorney's Office, Lalitpur, not to prosecute the case, and the Deputy Attorney General had submitted an opinion for final clearance.
‘It appears that an amount of Rs. 730 million has been leaked towards income due to deduction of expenses not available in the income statement of the financial year 2080.81.’ Nepal’s tax system is based on the self-assessment system and if tax is assessed as per Section 99 and Section 100 of the Income Tax Act, 2058, it appears that there is a provision that revised tax can be assessed by the Internal Revenue Department and subordinate offices within 4 years from the date of submission of the income statement as per Section 101.’ The Attorney General's decision states, "When determining the revised tax in this way, the revised tax will be determined by looking at all the details of all the expenses and incomes incurred in the income year, so it does not seem justified to prosecute for revenue leakage because it is not possible to deduct expenses on just one issue."
Attorney General Bhandari said that the decision was made after a recommendation from the District Government Attorney's Office after there was no basis to prosecute. She also claimed that such a decision was taken after consulting the Telecommunications Authority.
*This news has been corrected due to different facts - Editor
