Dept asks casinos‚ hotels to pay dues
KATHMANDU, May 27:
Department of Revenue and Money Laundering Investigation has served three-day ultimatum to both casino operators and hotels asking them to clear their dues, breaking its earlier practice of asking only to casino operators.
Four casinos including Casino Anna, Casino Royale, Casino Nepal and Casino Fulbari haven’t cleared their dues,” director general Shanta Bahadur Shrestha said, adding that the department is putting its effort to collect dues.
The licence is issued in the names of Annapurna International of Casino Anna, Hotel Soltee of Casino Nepal, Hotel Yak and Yeti of Casino Royale and Hotel Fulbari of Casino Fulbari, according to him.
“Similarly, Casino Anna has been operated by Shivam Entex, Casino Nepal is operated by Nepal Recreation Centre, Casino Royale is operated by Gild International and Casino Fulbari is operated by Hotel Fulbari itself,” Shrestha added.
“The department has already informed Nepal Recreation Centre that it will clear its dues through auctioning three ropanis of land and a house at Kalimati which is in Centre’s name,” Shrestha told The Himalayan Times.
Casino Nepal has informed the department that it has been closed since last five months.
“It has also asked the department to clear all dues from confiscated assets of Nepal Recreation Centre,” Shrestha said, adding that Hotel Soltee – the licence holder of Casino Nepal — has also responded the department saying it is ready to take remaining liabilities after selling the propertries, if Nepal Recreation Centre (NRC) failed to clear its dues.
Similarly, Casino Anna has also contacted department. “But Casino Fulbari and Casino Royale has not contacted so far,” he informed.
Meanwhile, the department has asked Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation to inform it the progress of action against those casinos that have failed to clear their dues.
“The department has requested the ministry to inform the progress according to the directives from Public Accounts Committee (PAC) under Legislature-Parliament,” Shrestha said.
The PAC had on December 28 directed the ministry to revoke licence of casinos that failed to pay their dues on time.
Source: THT
Department of Revenue and Money Laundering Investigation has served three-day ultimatum to both casino operators and hotels asking them to clear their dues, breaking its earlier practice of asking only to casino operators.
Four casinos including Casino Anna, Casino Royale, Casino Nepal and Casino Fulbari haven’t cleared their dues,” director general Shanta Bahadur Shrestha said, adding that the department is putting its effort to collect dues.
The licence is issued in the names of Annapurna International of Casino Anna, Hotel Soltee of Casino Nepal, Hotel Yak and Yeti of Casino Royale and Hotel Fulbari of Casino Fulbari, according to him.
“Similarly, Casino Anna has been operated by Shivam Entex, Casino Nepal is operated by Nepal Recreation Centre, Casino Royale is operated by Gild International and Casino Fulbari is operated by Hotel Fulbari itself,” Shrestha added.
“The department has already informed Nepal Recreation Centre that it will clear its dues through auctioning three ropanis of land and a house at Kalimati which is in Centre’s name,” Shrestha told The Himalayan Times.
Casino Nepal has informed the department that it has been closed since last five months.
“It has also asked the department to clear all dues from confiscated assets of Nepal Recreation Centre,” Shrestha said, adding that Hotel Soltee – the licence holder of Casino Nepal — has also responded the department saying it is ready to take remaining liabilities after selling the propertries, if Nepal Recreation Centre (NRC) failed to clear its dues.
Similarly, Casino Anna has also contacted department. “But Casino Fulbari and Casino Royale has not contacted so far,” he informed.
Meanwhile, the department has asked Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation to inform it the progress of action against those casinos that have failed to clear their dues.
“The department has requested the ministry to inform the progress according to the directives from Public Accounts Committee (PAC) under Legislature-Parliament,” Shrestha said.
The PAC had on December 28 directed the ministry to revoke licence of casinos that failed to pay their dues on time.
Source: THT
