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
Implementation of Changes to Nation Building Tax (NBT) as passed in Parliament on 23rd October 2019 IRD Notice on recent NBT Amendment
To adhere the current situation prevailing in the country, Central Document Management Unit (CDMU) of IRD has instituted few steps to receiving the documents (Returns, Appeals, Objections, etc.) from taxpayers. Download IRD Notice No. PN/TPS/2020-4 | Dated: 12 Oct 2020
Nation Building Tax (Amendment) Act, No. 20 of 2018 is certified by the Hon. Speaker on 30th of July, 2018 to amend the Nation Building Tax Act, No. 9 of 2009. Summary of the Act stated below. This amended is to limit the period of exemption granted to certain liquor identified under Harmonized Commodity Description and…
Budget 2018 – Proposed Duty Changes – Vehicle Import (2018 අයවැයෙන් වාහනවල යෝජිත Duty වෙනස්වෙන හැටි මෙන්න)
Department of Inland Revenue has extended VAT Deferment Facility on Imports at the Customs/BOI and Temporary VAT registration till 31 December 2020 based on the prevailing situation of the country. Download IRD Notice No.: PN/VAT/2020-13 | Dated: 06 Oct 2020 Previous Paper Notice No: PN/VAT/2020-11 | Dated: 30 July 2020
In order to promote the agricultural production in the country for exports and consumption purposes the government has decided to provide 5 year tax exemption to the agricultural based small and medium industry In addition the annual income tax rate on processing industries using local agricultural commodities to be reduced from 28% to 14%. Download…
Economic Service Charge (ESC) – ආර්ථික සේවා ගාස්තු ESC is levied under ESC Act No.13 of 2006 [as amended by the ESC (Amendment) ActNo.15 of 2007, No.11 of 2008, No.16 of 2009, No.11 of 2011, No.11 of 2012, No.6 of 2013, No. 9 of 2014, No.13 of 2015 and No.7 of 2017, respectively]. CHARHEBILITY…
WHT Annual Statement – Year of Assessment 2018/2019 is due on April 30, 2019 which is required to submit together with applicable WHT schedules. IRD has published “Updated Schedule File Verifier Tool” in order to verify the WHT schedules applicable under new IRA. Click on below link to Download and run the Updated Schedule File…
Supply of residential accommodation by way of sale of Condominium housing unit by any person is exempt from VAT with effect from December 01, 2019. Accordingly, VAT is not applicable on the sale of condominium Housing Unit with effect from December 01, 2019, subject to formal amendment to the Value Added Tax Act No. 14…
Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has introduced an Online Tax Payment Platform (OTPP) with effect from 08.02.2020, in addition to the existing tax payment methods to make tax payment with the collaboration of below mentioned banks. In addition to the banks initially interfaced with IRD for this purpose, People’s Bank also provide OTPP facility and in…
Department of Inland Revenue has informed the Sri Lanka Banks’ Association to exempt the interest income from foreign currency accounts with effect from 01.01.2020 as instructed by the Ministry of Finance and subject to formal amendment to the Inland Revenue Act No. 24 of 2017. Download the Letter issued by the Department of Inland Revenue