State minister Siyambalapitiya fails on success of tax collection
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We set a target to collect Rs. 915 billion in tax incomes through IRD in 2022. I’m delighted to say that we have been able to achieve 68.4% of this annual target at the end of September, which is in spite of the projected 8.2% contraction of GDP this year.
Daily Mirror | November 4, 2022
Posted on: 8 December, 2022
Partly True
State Minister Nishantha wildly off the mark on past GDP growth rankings of Sri Lanka and China
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When we handed over the country to the Yahapalanaya government, China had the highest GDP growth rate in the world, and Sri Lanka was second.
Lankadeepa | July 30, 2021
Posted on: 27 August, 2021
Blatantly False