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Minister of Finance and Mass Media has been issued a new Gazette regulations for Levy on Mobile Short Message Services. Effective Date: 01.01.2019 Rate: 25 cents for each SMS Base: on bulk advertisements sent through SMS Liable person: Advertiser Collector: Mobile Telephone Operator Remittance to be made: Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) Payment Mode: Monthly Payment Due Date: on or before 15th day of…

Department of Inland Revenue has published a Notice for by instructing companies to compute the income tax payable (subject to the provisions of the IRA) for the Year of Assessment 2019/2020. Download IRD Notice PN/IT/2020-06 (06.05.2020): English | Sinhala

With effective from 01 April 2019, Government has increased Embarkation Levy by USD 10 and new levy as follows; Person leaving Sri Lanka by aircraft – USD 60.00 Person leaving Sri Lanka by ship – USD 60.00 Download Embarkation Levy Gazette

As instructed by the Ministry of Finance and approved by the Cabinet of Ministers, NBT has been abolished with effect from December 01, 2019, pending parliamentary approval for amendment to the Nation Building Tax Act, No. 9 of 2009. However, any person/partnership who/which engages in the business of processing of any locally procured agricultural produce in…

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…

The Hon. Minister of Finance and Mass Media has granted approval, in terms of Section 19A of the Customs Ordinance as amended, to grant general duty waiver of Customs Import Duty on importation of Petrol and Diesel w.e.f. December 15, 2017. Customs Duty Waiver on Petrol and Diesel Effective from 2017.12.15 Source : www.customs.gov.lk

Employers are required to issue all employees details of the tax deductions made during the year in the Certificate of Tax Deduction (T 10 form), before the expiry of the 30th day of April in the following year (30 April 2018). Certificate of Income Tax Deductions – (P.A.Y.E./T.10 (new)) Certificate of Income Tax Deductions – Under Section…

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Ernst & Young has published tax alert containing amendments to direct and indirect taxes as approved by the Cabinet of Ministers on 27 November 2019. The contents of this Alert, including our analysis, are based on the press briefing given by the Cabinet Spokesman subsequent to the Cabinet meeting. Income tax  – Effective Date 1…

Loss on a financial instrument is occurred as the circumstance in which loss on a financial instrument set against the gain from same type of financial instrument.