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Insights and analysis of government revenue.
What Caused the Rise in Tax Revenue from 2021 to 2022?
In the Central Bank's Annual Report for 2022, the government's revenues witnessed a notable surge of 38%, soaring from Rs 1,484 billion to Rs 2,013 billion. A c...
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Source:
Sunday Times
Banks, finance and other companies requested to pa...
The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has called on large banks, finance companies and private sector companies to pay their first quarter taxes upfront, ahead of the due date, as the Government is facing a cash-flow problem in paying public s...
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Source:
LBO
EPF & ETF will not be subjected to Surcharge Tax:...
Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa has informed the Cabinet of Ministers that the Employees Provident Fund and the Employees Trust Fund are not included in the 2022 budget proposal regarding the imposition of a 25% surcharge tax on individuals...
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Source:
Daily FT
LKR 27 BN losses in excise revenue due to Covid si...
The Government has lost Rs. 27 billion in excise revenue this year due to the current COVID situation, Commissioner General of Excise M.J. Gunasiri has informed the Committee meeting on Public Accounts (COPA). He said that although the proje...
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Insight on Revenue
Consistent revenue shortfalls lead to mo...
The deviation in government revenue from...
Changes in Special Commodity Levy (SCL)...
On 22 May 2020, Sri Lanka made changes to...
Cigarette Taxes: The cost of failure
The Government proposed a policy to syste...
Cigarette Taxation: 20 Billion Extra Rev...
The Government could raise an extra Rs. 2...
Sri Lanka’s Fiscal Outlook 2020
The International Monterey Fund estimates...
Tax Revenue Categories
How could COVID-19 affect government reve...
Overestimations in Revenue Expectations
Governments have consistently overestimated revenue and thes...
Cigarette Tax Indexation: Getting it Rig...
The indexation method introduced in 2019...
Tobacco Policy: Mitigating the Influence...
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