Comments on: “Green” tax to be imposed on mobiles?

By: janaz4

janaz4 — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:55:43 +0000

I think this Tax is very important tax. Since It is helpful to recycle e-wasting……

By: Rohan Samarajiva

Rohan Samarajiva — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:10:31 +0000

I think they are already doing it: http://www.dialog.lk/en/corporate/press/releases/pressRelease.jsp?id=168. Why does the government want to take over what they are already doing without a tax?

By: shehal

shehal — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:19:14 +0000

*typo – bear not bare

By: shehal

shehal — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:18:13 +0000

you’re right
someone has to bare the cost of environmental clean up
landfills cost money
so i think the mobile phone clean up cost should be shared by the telcos
let dialog, mobitel etc. pay for the landfills – a CSR project

By: Sirimal

Sirimal — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:50:19 +0000

One pollutes environment more when one farts than uses a mobile phone.

So If Mr. Udaya Gammanpila wants to impose ‘green taxes’ please consider a ‘fart tax’ first.

By: God_Sakra@tawthisa.com

God_Sakra@tawthisa.com — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:50:17 +0000

Sadhu. Sadhu. Sadhu.

That is the voice of the 33 crore Buddhist gods who have become so happy to hear the JHU decision to tax the mobile phones. Gods do not use phones. They communicate by telepathy. So gods are not worried about this tax.

I, Hon. God Sakra, am particularly happy with this decision because that will make SMS more expensive and people will stop sending me SMS whenever they are in trouble. (After my pandupul chair broke I am also using SMS now, if you have not heard)

We are surely moving towards Dharma Rajya. More and more Mobile Tax is the sure way.

By: Sumudu

Sumudu — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:27:28 +0000

It is ironical that JHU, a political party that has benefitted illegally and unethically from selling the tax free car permits of their MPs, trying to tax others.

By: Dharma Rajya

Dharma Rajya — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:34:12 +0000

According to Wikipedia, ‘Green Tax’ or ‘Eco Tax’ is a fiscal policy that introduces taxes intended to promote ecologically sustainable activities via economic incentives. Such a policy can complement or avert the need for regulatory approaches.

Examples of ecotaxes are:

* Carbon taxes on the use of fossil fuels by greenhouse gases produced.
* Severance taxes on the extraction of mineral, energy, and forestry products.
* License fees for fishing and hunting.
* Specific taxes on technologies and products which are associated with substantial negative externalities.
* Garbage disposal taxes and refundable fees.
* Taxes on effluents, pollution and other hazardous wastes.
* Site value taxes on the unimproved value of land.

As far as I know, no country in the world has implemented Eco taxes on mobile. (Mr. Gammanpila please correct me if I am wrong)

Eco taxes cannot be imposed on an item arbitrarily. Mr. Gammanpila should explain what negative impact mobiles have on the environment.

Yes, use of mobile phone has a negative impact on the environment (specially erecting towers) but on the other hand it has a positive externality too by reducing the travel and thus fuel consumption. In this case the positives overweight the negatives.

Don’t JHU find anything better to do?