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Sri Lanka’s recent initiative to register every adult for income tax is a mistaken and inefficient action. As someone who served in the Inland Revenue Department, I feel this approach

Sri Lanka’s recent initiative to register every adult for income tax is misguided and inefficient. As someone who served in the Inland Revenue Department, I feel this approach undermines fairness,

Every year, Sri Lanka witnesses the collection of over a billion rupees in Zakat, yet there remains a concerning prevalence of poverty within the Muslim community. This paradox presents an

A recent expose, “Keeping Trading Activity out of VAT: A Correction of Bureaucratic Slip-Up,” reveals a long-standing fiscal blunder: local trading—simple buying and selling—was never meant to be taxed under

we focus on a key idea: every taxpayer should receive a clear explanation for any tax assessment, not just a number, but also the reasons behind it. Section 135 of

We focus on your right to know not just what you owe, but why. Section 135 of the Inland Revenue Act calls for transparency. Tax officials cannot override your self-assessed