Sri Lanka Introduces Deduction Restriction for Cash Payments, New Withholding Requirements, Penalty Relief for Capital Gains Tax, and Other Measures
The Sri Lanka Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has published the Inland Revenue (Amendment) Act, No. 4 of 2023, which was originally certified on 8 May 2023 and published in the Official Gazette on 12 May 2023. Some of the main measures include:
- A restriction on cash transactions, providing that payments exceeding LKR 500,000 in a day, or in respect of a single transaction, or in respect of a …