SPDC doubles up
automobile’s tax
Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
After the military regime
SPDC seized the unlicensed cars, it’s Ministry of
Transport also doubled the tax payment for ordinary licensed cars countrywide,
said car owners.
“Before
the government seized the unlicensed cars, the price of a car ‘Hilux’ brand (produced by Japanese company) was 8
million Kyat (~ 8, 500 US Dollar) and now the price increased up to 15 million
to 20 million Kyat (~ 16, 000 US Dollar to 21, 000
He
also explained that recently the different amount of tax that the car owners
have to pay to the regime was: 10, 000 Kyat for Chinese truck, 8, 000
Kyat for a Japanese Hilux car and 180, 000
Kyat for a six-wheel truck car respectively.
Now, the tax amount increased to 30, 000 Kyat for Chinese truck,
300, 000 Kyat (~ 330
“We
used unlicensed cars before, it is good.
We don’t have to worry much for tax and just fill gasoline and used
them. But now, they (the SPDC
authorities) must arrest those types of cars”, said Mr. Nai Soe Aung, who
is a car driver in Rehmonnya Transport Company.
Tax
extension program has been conduced by the Ministry of Transport in every
township since the beginning of April, last month. Unlikely to the past, the SPDC allow tax
payment for license permission just for one-year and the car owners have to
extend their license for their car on every year basis. If they don’t apply for extension of
license, their cars can be labeled as ‘unlicensed’, and must be seized.
For
the cars which have license, the Ministry of Energy’s Township department also
sells them
For
the business of ethnic ceasefire groups, the SPDC especially during the former
MP Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt, allowed car trading on the border points of
After
Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt was dismissed from his position in October 2004, the regime
has handled the problems of unlicensed cars and ordered those who belonged this type of car to turn up and hand over to the
regime. The authorities also seized some
cars in
The
regime also set
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