November 2021

    Verite Research Recommends Indexation Policy for Cigarette Taxing
    by |06 November 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on Ceylon Today To reduce Cigarette consumption, while also increasing State revenue and maintaining profit for the Tobacco Company, a study by Verite Research recommends an optimal tax policy which could be indexed to inflation and real GDP growth,...
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    Sub-optimal Tobacco Tax Policy Loses Rs. 20 B Revenue – Verite Research
    by |05 November 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on Ceylon Today Sri Lanka currently loses an estimated Rs. 20 billion in revenue due to the sub-optimal nature of the country’s tobacco tax policy, says Verite Research. During a webinar it has organized, the research institute and think-tank...
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    Seeking a Systematic Tax on Cancer Sticks
    by |02 November 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on The Morning Hiking the price of cigarettes to increase govt. revenue and reduce tobacco consumption Reliefs and price decreases are generally expected from a budget in the Sri Lankan context; people almost never ask for taxes or price...
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    Farmers Have ‘Grown Accustomed’ to Fertiliser, Rajapaksa Tells Glasgow
    by |01 November 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on Tamil Guardian Sri Lanka’s president said farmers on the island had “grown accustomed to overusing fertilizer as an easy means of increasing yields,” as he doubled down on a policy that has sparked protests amongst Tamil and Sinhala...
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    Verité Research presents Rational Formula for Cigarette Taxes at latest forum
    by |01 November 2021|Press Release
    A Rational Formula for Cigarette Taxes: An Alternative to Ad Hoc Taxation was the title of a recent online seminar by Verité Research, on 28th October 2021. The analysis showed that the government is currently forfeiting 20 to 25 billion...
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