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Chapter II · Income Chargeable with Tax

6. Profits or income arising from rents of land and improvements thereon

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

The profits or income arising from rents of land and improvements thereon shall be the gross rent which is receivable and can be recovered after deducting therefrom rates borne by the owner and, where the owner undertakes to bear the cost of repairs, twenty-five per centum of the balance, but shall, where the rent recoverable in respect of such land and improvements is not restricted by any law for the time being in force, be not less than the net annual value after deducting therefrom any part thereof which is the income of the occupier within the meaning of paragraph (d) of section 3

due provision being made for any period in respect of which no rent is receivable or can be recovered.

Chapter III

Exemption from Income Tax

Chapter IV

Ascertainment of Profits or Income

Chapter V

Ascertainment of Total Statutory Income

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Ascertainment of Taxable Income

Chapter VIII

Rates of Income Tax on Persons Other Than Companies

Chapter IX

Special Provisions Relating to the Taxation of Certain Profits and of Dividends Out of Such Profits

Chapter X

Companies