ACAUT clarifies on reduction of employee salary tax

Dimapur, May 17 (EMN): The ACAUT Nagaland has clarified on the confusion caused among certain quarters due to its press release, appeared in local dailies, dated April 24, wherein misconception was created that the ACAUT Nagaland had endorsed the reduction of the employee salary tax which the NSCN-IM has purportedly reduced from 24% to 12%. In a press release statement issued by the Media cell ACAUT Nagaland, made its stand clear and clarified that under no circumstances had it endorsed the reduction nor does it endorse any form of taxation by any NFGs and that it is still resolute and firm in the people’s demand for One Government One Tax (OGOT). “The previous press release had only welcomed the decision of the collective leadership of NSCN (IM) to scrap the ‘syndicate’ and ‘dealership’ system,” it stated. The ACAUT also stated that it cannot relax on OGOT and it is still the directive of the ACAUT that no businesses/government servants or any individual shall pay any form of tax to any Naga Factional Groups (NFGs) till the people’s aspirations are fulfilled. Any illegal payment of tax to the factions by government employees would still attract cases being registered against the officials” it added. Further, the ACAUT appealed to all the NPGs to work toward One Government One Tax.