News Sri Lanka Taxes: Sri Lanka’s Budget Tightens Taxes, Trims Discretion, and Seeks Space for China-India-IMF Balancing
The next 12 to 18 months, when the political and social costs of broader taxation and administrative centralization will become most visible, are crucial. The NPP took a cautious approach in its first ...
News Sri Lanka Taxes: Stop donating Sri Lanka’s tax revenue to foreign Governments: Time for a “Two-Basket” FDI strategy
For decades, Sri Lanka has wooed foreign investors with a familiar playbook: “Come to us, and we won’t tax your profits for multiple years.” This strategy of tax holidays and slashed corporate rates was once a ..
News Sri Lanka Taxes: Sri Lanka - UNP challenges legality of proposed GST bill
The United National Party has challenged the legality of the proposed GST bill, claiming it was by-passing the sover ...
News Sri Lanka Taxes: Sri Lanka Growth Strategy 2022: Need for building consensus at different levels stressed
Dr. Roshan Perera, a senior economist with over 20 years of experience in formulating and implementing macroeconomic policies expressed views on broad-basing Sri Lanka’s tax base. “There are two ...
News Sri Lanka Taxes: Lessons Sri Lanka must learn from its economic debacle
A process and skill, which the governing party, the ruling family and the powerful generals and admirals running the country seemingly have in short supply, if at all. Sri Lanka’s democratic ...
