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Gazette Notification No. 2124/3 IRD Notice on Change of VAT Rate As per the Extraordinary Gazette Notification No. 2124/3 dated May 21, 2019, published under section 2A of the Value Added Tax Act, No. 14 of 2002 (VAT Act), VAT rate on the supply of services listed below is reduced to 5% with effect from…

Budget 2018 – Imposition of Value Added Tax (VAT) for Sale of Condominium Housing Units The Supply of Condominium housing units will be liable for VAT with effect from April 1, 2018 as proposed in the Budget 2018. However, supply of Condominium housing unit will be exempted from VAT under the following cases; Sale of any…

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  Download Circular to Banks, Financial Institutions and Remitters of Foreign Exchange – Collection of Remittance Fee (RF) on the Remittance the Inward Remittance of Foreign Exchange as Enacted in the Foreign Exchange Act No. 12 of 2017 – Circular No. SEC/2018/02 [27 March 2018]

As per the amendments made to sub item (iv) of item (xxii) of paragraph (a) of the First Schedule to the Value Added Tax Act, No. 14 of 2002 (VAT Act) by the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act, No. 25 of 2018, exemption granted on the import or supply of wood (sawn) from VAT is…

Special Commodity Levy has been imposed on Cone or beet Sugar, R. a. w. Sugar, etc and  shall be valid for a period of 06 months commencing from 16th February 2018. Download – English Download – Sinhala

Compound Stamp Duty is required to make the payment and submit the return for the quarter ending March 31, 2020, on or before April 15, 2020. However, due to the prevailing situation of the country, such payment and submission of Stamp Duty Return for the above period have been allowed up to 30th April 2020….

Department of Inland Revenue has issued a new public ruling on taxpayers who have been granted the approval to change the accounting period under the Inland Revenue Act No. 10 of 2006. Download the Public Ruling – PR/IT/2018/01

Special Commodity Levy has been imposed on Potatoes and  shall be valid until March 31, 2018 commencing from February 24, 2018. Download – English Download – Sinhala

The Tax Appeals Commission (TAC) has requested from Commissioner General of Inland Revenue (CGIR) to make aware the Taxpayers who are aggrieved by the determinations of the CGIR and could not lodge an appeal to the TAC against such determinations within thirty (30) days in terms of section 7(2) of the TAC Act No. 23…

A new guideline has been prepared for the period from 01.01.2020 to 31.03.2020 and uploaded in the IRD web portal of the Department (Link) to provide instructions to the employers to deduct Withholding Tax under the PAYE Scheme, as instructed by the Ministry of Finance, (subject to formal amendment to the Inland Revenue Act, No….