W.M. Mendis company director Mr. Arjun Aloysius and three others have been sentenced to 6 months imprisonment. It was announcing the decision of a case filed by the Inland Revenue Department regarding the non-payment of VAT.
This case was filed against Arjun Aloysius and others in connection with the failure to pay VAT of 3.5 billion rupees due to the government.
In 2020, the Commissioner General of Inland Revenue filed a case before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court requesting an order to be issued to the defendant directors to pay the 3.5 billion rupees VAT due to the government between 2016 and 2019.