Sri Lanka raises VAT registration threshold

Sep 13, 2016 | Richard Asquith

Sri Lanka is to increase the Value Added Tax threshold to RS 50 million per annum from RS 12 million. The change will apply to retailers and wholesalers.

Sri Lankan VAT was raised to 15% this year.

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Richard Asquith

VP Global Indirect Tax Richard Asquith

Richard Asquith is VP Global Indirect Tax at Avalara, helping businesses understand their compliance obligations as they grow globally. He can be contacted at: richard.asquith@avalara.com. He is part of the European leadership team which won International Tax Review's 2020 Tax Technology Firm of the Year. Richard trained as an accountant with KPMG in the UK, and went on to work in Hungary, Russia and France with EY.