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3. Tax return shall be furnished

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

(1)

Every individual, partnership, company and the subsidiaries and the holding company of every group of company chargeable with the tax under this Act shall on or prior to April 20, 2022, furnish in writing to the Commissioner-General, a tax return in the specified form containing such particulars as may be specified by the Commissioner-General.

(2)

The Commissioner-General shall specify –

(a)

the form for tax returns;

(b)

the information to be furnished on the tax return and attachments if any, required to be filed with the tax return; and

(c)

the manner of filing.

(3)

For the purpose of this Act, a tax return furnished under subsection (1) shall be treated as a “tax return” under the provisions of the Inland Revenue Act, No. 24 of 2017 and shall result in a self-assessment.