Kathmandu, Sept. 22 -- Despite the authorities adopting measures last fiscal year to recover outstanding tax from defaulters, bank accounts of a number of taxpayers continue to remain frozen.

Tax authorities had frozen bank accounts of around 5,000 taxpayers, mostly contractors. They had barred a number of businessmen from continuing their export and import businesses while some of them were restricted from travelling abroad. It was the first time bank accounts of taxpayers had been frozen in huge numbers for defaulting on tax.

"Although these measures were initiated to recover the tax to meet the revenue targets last fiscal year, we have continued the pressure on them to pay the dues this fiscal as well," said a senior official at the ...