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Department of Inland Revenue has published Guide to Corporate Tax Return of Income – Year of Assessment 2018/2019 Download English Guide Download Sinhala Guide  

Returns of Income – Year of Assessment 2018/2019 Individuals Return of Income Schedules to Return of Income Statement of Assets and Liabilities Guide to filling the Return & Schedules Partnerships Statement of Partnership Income Schedule to Statement of Partnership Income Guide to fill the statement of partnerships income and schedules Resident, Non-Resident Companies, Entities and…

Departments of Inland Revenue has published a circular on paying of Value Added Tax (VAT) to the suppliers. Download

Download English| Sinhala Finance Bill to amend the Finance Act, No. 35 of 2018; to provide for the imposition of a Foreign Commercial Transactions Levy; and to provide for the matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.  

Notice published by the Ministry of Finance on 07 August 2019 The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the tax amendments proposed by the Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera in his Budget 2019. Accordingly, the Cabinet has approved the Amendment Draft Bills on Nation Building Tax and Value Added Tax (VAT). Thus, the hotels, Guest house, Restaurants…

Notice published by the Ministry of Finance on 06 August 2019 Although the Central Bank has reduced the rates for deposits maintained in commercial banks, the special interest rate of 15% offered by the Government for senior citizens have not been changed. There is no truth in the media reports published by different media saying…

New amendment to the NBT Act. Download – English Download – Sinhala Summary This clause amends section 3 of the Nation Building Tax Act, No. 9 of 2009 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”) and the legal effect of the section as amended is to limit the period of exemption granted to certain cigarettes…

A new amendment to the VAT Act. Download – English Download – Sinhala Summary; This clause amends section 6 of the Value Added Tax Act, No. 14 of 2002 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”), and the legal effect of that section as amended is to make provisions to determine the value of goods…

The gazette has been issued regulations on Transfer Pricing under Inland Revenue Act No. 24 of 2017 – Gazette No. 2104/4. Download English Gazette No. 2104/4 Download Sinhala Gazette No. 2104/4

Department of Inland Revenue has published estimate Income Tax Return and Guidelines for the Y/A 2019/2020. Statement of Estimated Income Tax Payable Instructions for the Submission of Statement of Estimated Income Tax Payable Download – Instructions for calculation of Statement of Estimated Income Tax Payable [NEW]

Department of Inland Revenue has published estimate Income Tax Return and Guidelines for the Y/A 2019/2020. Statement of Estimated Income Tax Payable Instructions for the Submission of Statement of Estimated Income Tax Payable

Department of Inland Revenue has published new public ruling guidance with regard to the application of excluded items in paragraph (c) of Subsection (3) of section 5 of the Inland Revenue Act, No. 24 of 2017, in the event of calculating an Individual’s Income of Employment. Download Public Ruling PR/IT/2019/02  

Department of Inland Revenue has published Updated Schedule File Verifier Tool to verify your schedules (VAT/SVAT/PAYE/WHT) for E-filing. Download Link (Version – 4.3) Guide for “How to use the schedule verification tool”

Department of Inland Revenue has published the updated list of SVAT Registered Identified Suppliers (RISs) and Registered Identified Purchasers (RISs) as at 08th July 2019. List of Registered Identified Suppliers (RISs) [08-07-2019] List of Registered Identified Purchasers (RIPs) [08-07-2019]