{"id":165060,"date":"2016-07-11T18:29:12","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T12:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=165060"},"modified":"2016-07-11T18:30:52","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T13:00:52","slug":"ranil-says-supreme-court-order-against-vat-nbt-will-not-have-adverse-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ranil-says-supreme-court-order-against-vat-nbt-will-not-have-adverse-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranil Says Supreme Court Order Against VAT, NBT Will Not Have Adverse Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ranil+Wickremesinghe&amp;x=12&amp;y=7\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ranil Wickremesinghe<\/span><\/a> today declared that there will be no &#8216;adverse impact&#8217; despite the interim order by Supreme Court preventing the implementation of the revised VAT and NBT taxes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_153042\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/our-economic-vision\/ranil-40\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-153042\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-153042\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-153042\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ranil--150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ranil--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ranil--50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ranil-.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-153042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Supreme Court bench including Chief Justice K. 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