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The Best Next Step for Improving Tax Collection
This article was compiled by Sumini Siyambalapitiya. Sumini Siyambalapitiya is a former Lead Analyst in the Economics team of Verité Research and serves at FactCheck.lk. Her work at Verité Research spans across socioeconomics, public policy and public finance. She holds a B.A. in Mathematics/Economics and Women, Gender, and Sexuality studies from Lafayette College USA. She is currently reading for Economic Policies for the Global Transition (EPOG+), an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in economics, supported by the European Union.
Featured Insight
The Best Next Step for Improving Tax Collection
This article was compiled by Sumini Siyambalapitiya. Sumini Siyambalapitiya is a former Lead Analyst in the Economics team of Verité Research and serves at FactCheck.lk. Her work at Verité Research spans across socioeconomics, public policy and public finance. She holds a B.A. in Mathematics/Economics and Women, Gender, and Sexuality studies from Lafayette College USA. She is currently reading for Economic Policies for the Global Transition (EPOG+), an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in economics, supported by the European Union.
Featured Insight
The Best Next Step for Improving Tax Collection
This article was compiled by Sumini Siyambalapitiya. Sumini Siyambalapitiya is a former Lead Analyst in the Economics team of Verité Research and serves at FactCheck.lk. Her work at Verité Research spans across socioeconomics, public policy and public finance. She holds a B.A. in Mathematics/Economics and Women, Gender, and Sexuality studies from Lafayette College USA. She is currently reading for Economic Policies for the Global Transition (EPOG+), an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in economics, supported by the European Union.
Featured Insight
The Best Next Step for Improving Tax Collection
This article was compiled by Sumini Siyambalapitiya. Sumini Siyambalapitiya is a former Lead Analyst in the Economics team of Verité Research and serves at FactCheck.lk. Her work at Verité Research spans across socioeconomics, public policy and public finance. She holds a B.A. in Mathematics/Economics and Women, Gender, and Sexuality studies from Lafayette College USA. She is currently reading for Economic Policies for the Global Transition (EPOG+), an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree in economics, supported by the European Union.
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Tax revenue misses IMF target in 1st quarter!
According to the 2022 Annual Report from the Ministry of Finance, tax revenue for the first quarter of 2023 experienced a surge of 56%, amounting to LKR 578 billion. This was a increase from the LKR 370 billion collected during the same peri...
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Tourism rakes in US$ 462 mn in first three months
Sri Lanka has earned US$ 462 million from tourism in the first three months of this year. If the trend continues, by the end of this year, the tourism industry is expected to generate over US$ 2.5 billion in revenue, Tourism Ministry Secreta...
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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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Unions warn of Rs. 300b loss if tax amnesty is not...
Inland Revenue Department (IRD) officials have called on Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa to reduce the period for the proposed tax amnesty for undisclosed income, warning that the government could lose a revenue of up to Rs 300 billion.
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The infographics provide details on how the recent personal income t...
Cigarette Taxation Formula – The Cost of...
In 2019 the government introduced a policy where taxes and prices on...
Sri Lanka's Government Revenue in 2021 C...
Government revenue in 2021 was only 41% of its expenditure, which wa...
Changes in Tax Structure Leads to Shrink...
Sri Lanka experienced a significant change in its tax system for the...
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Government Revenue and Grants Over The P...
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Sri Lanka’s Revenue to GDP Ratio Reaches...
Data on Sri Lanka’s revenue to GDP ratio is available from 195...
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The Government Has to Repay Yearly an Average of U...
The infographic shows the actual annual foreign debt service payments of GOSL (Government of Sri Lanka) from 2010 to 2020 and the projected foreign debt service payments from 2021 to 2025.
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Summary: Budget 2024
The 2024 budget expects budget deficit for the year 2024 to increase by 19%.
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