Anti-tax committee gaining public support in Nagaland
Source: The Sangai Express / Newmai News Network
Dimapur, October 27 2013:
The movement initiated by Action Committee Against Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) is gaining momentum in Nagaland with more and more people supporting it.
The Committee was formed early this year to check the rampant imposition of illegal tax on the people esprecially the business community by various organisations particularly the Naga underground outfits.
Meanwhile, ACAUT, buoyed by huge public suppport is organising a rally in Dimapur on coming October 31 as part of its public awareness campaign.
The rally itself is christened, Public Awareness Rally.
It can be noted here that ACAUT had called Dimapur bandh against the rampant imposition of illegal tax on the people by various outfits.
The ACAUT had said the bandh was just a pointer of things to come unless concerned organisations and authorities accede to our demands or put mechanisms in place to curb unabated taxation and ultimately price rise, namely, dealership and multiple taxations by underground organisations and price rise which is the prerogative of government to check.
The move was initiated unable to bear any longer on the rampant imposition of 'taxes' on the business community and also on the general public.
ACAUT wants that there should be only one tax payable to any one underground group.
ACAUT also stated earlier that the 'back-breaking' multiple taxes on goods imposed by underground groups should be abolished immediately.
'Irritants' such as trade license tax, ID tax, registration tax, calendar donations, Christmas and New Year donations, etc.
shall not be entertained anymore.
The ACAUT also wants that the yearly tax payable to different underground organisations should not be increased arbitrarily under any circumstances and therefore, amount payable shall be the same as in 2012 .
The creation of the new system of 'dealership' by underground groups has been strongly condemned.