Value Added Tax (VAT) Imposed On Private Hospitals To Be Removed Next Week.

Value Added Tax (VAT) Imposed On Private Hospitals To Be Removed Next Week.

Minister of Mass Media and Finance Mangala Samaraweera, while participating in paying compensation to flood victims in Matara yesterday (16) said VAT on private hospitals will be removed from next week. This will be great relief to sick who seeks medical treatment at private hospitals.
Observers say thousands of patients, who have to pay this tax suffered in silence and   cursed those who were responsible to introduce it. Rest is history.