The Bills to amend the Finance Act, NBT Act, ESC Act and PAL Act were passed in Parliament and the relevant Bills were certified by the Hon. Speaker on October 12, 2020. Finance (Amendment) Act No. 2 of 2020 Terminated the levying of Debt Repayment Levy with effect from January 1, 2020 Nation Building Tax (Amendment) Act No. 3…
Due to the current situation, you can submit appeals and objections via e-Service under “Approver Login” and at the same time, the system will issue an acknowledgment on the same. Taxpayers who do not have access to e-Services (RAMIS), can send an email to the below email addresses with a scanned copy of the appeal…
Value Added Tax shall be charged at zero rate (0% ) on the importation or supply of imported goods specified under H. S. Code and description published in the Gazette No. 2095/20. Download Gazette : English | Sinhala
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…
Department of Inland Revenue has published notice by specifying instructions to obtain credit voucher books for Registered Identified Purchasers (RIPs) under SVAT Scheme. Download IRD Notice No. PN/VAT/2020-06 | Dated: 13.05.2020
Department of Inland Revenue has published a notice (PN/IT/2020-03) on 12 February 2020 pertaining to changes proposed to the Inland Revenue Act, No. 24 of 2017. These changes mainly relate to the following: Removal of Withholding Tax (WHT) on the payments made to Resident Persons WHT on the payments made to Non-Resident Persons Revision of Income…
VAT Registration of persons of whose taxable supply has never exceeded Rs.75 million for any taxable period ended prior to December 31, 2019, IRD has been inactivated VAT Registration with effect from January 01, 2020. In line with that SVAT registration of such persons will also be inactivated with effect from January 01, 2020. Therefore,…
Department of Inland Revenue has published a paper notice by taking into account of the prevailing situation in the country, all Divisional Secretaries and Liquor License Holders are informed to treat that the validity period of all Temporary Tax Clearance Certificates relating to liquor licenses (which will be expired before June 30, 2020) issued by…
Stamp duty Return can be submitted through e-Service (RAMIS) w.e.f. 01 October 2020 (for Q3 of the year 2020, Period from 1 July 2020 to 30 September 2020). Download Stamp Duty Quick Guide
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…
Department of Inland Revenue has published circular to Banks and Financial Institutions – Withholding Tax on Interest paid by Banks or other Financial Institutions. Download – Circular No. SEC/2020/01 [29 January 2020] Previous Circular – Circular No. SEC/2019/04 [27 December 2019]
The Parliament passed the Nation Building Tax (Amendment) Bill, providing amendments to certain provisions of the Nation Building Tax Act, No. 9 of 2009 (“NBT Act”). This new Amendment Act which is yet to receive the certification of the Speaker has been analysed by us based on the Nation Building…
Download – Public Ruling – PR/IT/2018/02 (10/05/2019) Department of Inland Revenue has published public ruling on deducting of Withholding Tax from the service provided by individuals. If the monthly payment exceeds Rs. 50,000/-, WHT should be deducted on the total amount Similar services and similar services or connected work – Include only services which are similar…