When there is a lot of attention on public revenue, taxation should also be focused on identifying tax evaders, similar to revenue collection.

The Minister said this during a meeting today with the officials of the Inland Revenue Department at the Ministry of Finance.

During the meeting, issues related to the collection of tax revenue were discussed.

The state minister gave instructions to the inland revenue department to prepare a system that could take prompt action. (Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama)