Kathmandu. The Office of the Auditor General has said that tax evasion has taken place on electric vehicles and asked them to collect the evaded revenue immediately. The Auditor General has asked the EV importers to collect the tax immediately, saying that they have passed the vehicle check by submitting fake documents.
Auditor General Toyam Raya, in his report submitted to the President on Wednesday, stated that tax evasion was committed on electric vehicles. According to the report, “The Finance Act, 2080 states that if the motor peak power of the vehicles imported on the basis of motor peak power of electric vehicles is between 50 and 100 kW, then the customs subtitles 8703.80.59 (others), 8703.80.21 (unassembled), 8703.80.29 (others) have passed the check from 15 percent customs duty, 10 percent excise duty and value added tax and motor capacity from 100 percent to 100 kW. There is a provision to impose 20 percent excise duty and value added tax.
While importing electric vehicles, customs checks are passed on the basis of the peak power mentioned in the invoice submitted by various importers. At the same time, the Transport Office also checks the road ordines of these vehicles. Although various importers have declared the capacity of peak motor power, there has been no test by the technicians and there is no test report confirming the motor capacity from the manufacturer of electric vehicles or other independent checkers.
Based on the catalog on the webpage of these vehicles and the details of exports to other countries, it is seen that the vehicles of different models imported have a capacity of 100 kW to 200 kW. However, as per the announcement of vehicles imported from Rasuwa and Tatopani customs offices, the capacity is 99 kW peak motor power capacity and the customs sub-heading 8703.80.59 (others) has been checked.
Rasuwa Customs Office has to collect 20 percent customs duty, 20 percent excise duty and value added tax after passing the check from customs sub-heading 8703.80.69. 2.74 billion 18 lakh 99 thousand and Tatopani Customs Office Rs. Rs 3.77 billion, including Rs 1.03 billion, should be recovered after investigation into duty and taxes. ’
However, this is only a matter of deception in one financial year. Tax evasion for other financial years has not been included.
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