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How Sri Lanka Spent, Earned, and Borrowed in 2024
The recently released CBSL Economic review shows that in 2024, government expenditure totalled LKR 6,131 billion. Nearly half—LKR 2,690 billion, or 44 percent—went on interest payments for existing debt. Day-to-day costs consumed...
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Daily FT
1Q tourism earnings top $ 1 b
Sri Lanka's tourism industry has experienced a robust upswing, achieving a significant milestone by surpassing $1 billion in earnings during the first quarter of 2024. This remarkable feat marks a striking 103% increase compared to the same period last year, showc...
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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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Daily Mirror
1Q tax income narrowly misses target amid spurt in...
Sri Lanka’s tax income during the first fiscal quarter has only narrowly missed the target set for the period, in a clear sign of robust economic recovery staged in the first three months of the year, which came with the return of normalcy. At the Public Finance W...
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Insight on Revenue
Income Tax Calculator
The government revised the personal incom...
Sri Lanka in South Asia: 2nd in GDP, 5th...
Sri Lanka’s Revenue: What Changed Betwee...
Between 2021 and 2024, Sri Lanka’s...
How Sri Lanka Spent, Earned, and Borrowe...
The recently released CBSL Economic revie...
Sri Lanka's rubber product exports to th...
On 2 April, US President Donald Trump imp...
Sri Lanka's No. 1 export to the US faces...
On 2 April, US President Donald Trump imp...
Government revenue set to rise by LKR 92...
The approved budget estimates for 2025 pr...
Sri Lanka’s new personal income tax stru...
In his recent address to Parliament, the...
Tax policy proposals announced by the pr...
In his parliamentary speech on December 1...
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