KATHMANDU, April 15: The government has not been able to collect revenue as per the target due to slowdown in economic activities, poor capital expenditure, revenue leakage, decrease in foreign trade etc. The inability to achieve the revenue target has set challenges for managing government expenditure, leading to increased reliance on  internal and external loans.

KATHMANDU, Oct 31: The Department of Customs (DoC) has initiated stricter measures to prevent revenue leakage, along with new leadership. The DoC has put forward the policy of adopting zero tolerance on revenue leakage.

KATHMANDU, May 22: Experts have suggested the government to focus on diversifying tax bases from the upcoming budget along with maintaining good coordination between fiscal policy and monetary policy to take out the economy from ongoing problems.

KATHMANDU, Jan 3: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) has filed cases against two individuals on charge of evading taxes worth Rs 390 million.

KATHMANDU, Jan 1: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) filed 42 cases of revenue leakage worth Rs 8.29 billion in a one-year period of 2022.

KATHMANDU, Nov 14: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Monday filed cases at the Patan High Court, against two traders accused of using fake VAT bills to evade the government taxes.

KATHMANDU, Sept 4: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) filed cases against three traders for allegedly being involved in revenue leakage.

KATHMANDU, June 13: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) in the past eight months filed 115 cases against 281 individuals accused of misappropriating government revenues worth more than Rs 21 billion.

KATHMANDU, May 9: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Thursday filed cases against three individuals accused of evading value added tax (VAT) and income tax worth Rs 85.37 million.

KATHMANDU, March 30: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Wednesday filed a case against Amit Kumar Agrawal on the charge of the revenue leakage worth Rs 38.03 million.

KATHMANDU, March 8: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Sunday filed cases against four individuals on the charge of revenue leakage amounting Rs 44.63 million.

KATHMANDU, March 3: The Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) has recommended to the government authorities to file a lawsuit against Bottlers Nepal on the charge of revenue leakage.

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) has filed cases against 12 individuals on the charge of revenue leakage and has sought to recover Rs 3.36 billion from them.

KATHMANDU, Feb 5: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) has filed cases against four individuals on charge of revenue leakage, seeking to recover Rs 365.56 million.

KATHMANDU, Dec 27: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI), seeking to take action against Bottlers Nepal on charge of revenue leakage, has forwarded its final investigation report to the Public Prosecutor Office (PPO) on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 26: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) has asked the representatives of four firms to be present at the department on suspicion of being involved in revenue leakage.

KATHMANDU, Dec 19: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI), which has been investigating the cases of revenue leakage by the Bottlers Nepal Pvt Ltd, has stepped up preparations to file a lawsuit against the multinational company.

KATHMANDU, Dec 6: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Monday filed cases against five traders accused of revenue leakage by using counterfeit invoices of the Value Added Tax (VAT).

KATHMANDU, Dec 5: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Sunday filed cases against two individuals on charge of evading tax, seeking to recover Rs 447.38 million from the accused.

KATHMANDU, Nov 3: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Wednesday filed cases at the High Court, Patan, against the proprietors of 17 firms accused of being involved in revenue leakage.

KATHMANDU, Sept 27: The Special Court on Monday asked for a bailout amount of Rs 5 million from Chudamani Sharma, former Director General of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD). Sharma has been accused of revenue leakage worth over Rs 1 billion.

KATHMANDU, June 7: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) has filed cases against 10 individuals on charges of evading tax worth Rs 175 million.

KATHMANDU, April 25: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Friday filed cases at the High Court in Patan against 16 accused individuals and firm proprietors on a charge of making revenue leakage by using fake value added tax (VAT) bills.

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Continuing its drive to curb firms making rampant use of fake receipts of Value Added Tax (VAT) to evade government revenue, the Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Sunday filed a case against a firm’s proprietor at Patan High Court.

KATHMANDU, Jan 11: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Sunday filed cases at the High Court in Patan against the proprietors of 14 firms on the charge of revenue leakage by using fake value added tax (VAT) receipts.

KATHMANDU, Dec 24: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Thursday filed cases against proprietors of five firms on charge of making revenue leakage worth Rs 199.6 million.

KATHMANDU, Dec 2: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) on Wednesday filed cases at the High Court in Patan against proprietors of five firms on a charge of making revenue leakage by using fake value added tax (VAT) bills.

KATHMANDU, July 15: The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) has filed cases against six firms on the charge of revenue leakage. The firms were found to have been involved in using fake Value Added Tax (VAT) bills and smuggling of the goods to evade the taxes worth Rs 4.18 billion.