Sri Lanka — Bill 65 instrument correction
This page records one dated change. For the rules in Sri Lanka as they stand today, see the Sri Lanka guide →
- Jurisdiction
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Tax
- VAT
- Change type
- Update
- Status
- Enacted
- Impact
- FYI
- Effective
- 30 June 2026
- Systems
- Tax engine, Reporting
- Verified
- Fetched from official source · high confidence
Correct the instrument identifier on all three W18 Sri Lanka VAT entries from 'Bill No. 31' / LK-OTHER-NO31-2026 to Bill No. 65, and record the enacted instrument as Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act, No. 14 of 2026 (certified 30 June 2026, gazetted 3 July 2026).
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CORRECTION to the W18 report's instrument identity for all three Sri Lanka VAT entries: the correct bill number is Bill No. 65 (Parliament of Sri Lanka bill G6427, published in the Gazette 29 April 2026, presented to Parliament 19 May 2026), not 'Bill No. 31' as W18's sources and instrument id (LK-OTHER-NO31-2026) stated. The bill was enacted as the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act, No. 14 of 2026, certified by the Speaker on 30 June 2026 and published as a Supplement to Part II of the Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on 3 July 2026 (Legal Draftsman's reference L.D.-O 33/2025).
Sources
- Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act, No. 14 of 2026 -- cover page: '[Certified on 30th of June, 2026]', 'Published as a Supplement to Part II of the Gazette ... of July 03, 2026', 'L.D.- O 33/2025'
- Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill -- cover page: '[Bill No. 65]', 'Published in the Gazette on April 29, 2026', 'Presented ... on 19th of May, 2026'
- Bill details page for bill G6427 -- 'Value Added Tax (Amendment)', presented 2026-05-19, Speaker endorsed 2026-06-30