Further Instructions to Alternative Tax Payment System (ATPS) through Online Fund Transfer Facility
Further to the notices published on the above subject on 8th April 2020 PN/PMT/2020-1 and on 14th May 2020 PN/PMT/2020-3 the below instructions should be adhered when doing payments using online facilities provided by commercial banks.
- Only use the online payment facility to make the payments for tax and not to perform any direct fund transfers to Commissioner Generals Account (As this will not allow the taxpayer to indicate his TIN and Tax Type).
- If the amount you wish to pay exceeds the allowed online payment amount allowed to you by the respective commercial bank you can either perform multiple payments or you can pay it at Bank of Ceylon or Peoples Bank depending on the tax type.
- It is compulsory to indicate TIN and tax type while you make payments using online facilities. You can indicate the payment period code if your bank interface allows you to enter it (it depends on the bank interface).
- If your bank does not allow to insert the payment period code you can send the details to below mentioned emails (refer notice PN/PMT/2020-3).
- Please refer the field name for each bank interface on notice PN/PMT/2020-1. Refrain from indicating any other details in the particular field.
Email should be sent to following email addresses
- bulanawewa.bgpd@ird.gov.lk
- somarathna.hgan@ird.gov.lk
