The Amendment Bill for the removal of the land tax imposed on foreigners or companies that hold more than 50% foreign shares, when leasing lands to them, has been gazetted on the instructions of the Finance Minister.
The notification was published under section 11 in the September 02 government gazette notification and the Amendment Act has been named as the Bill Amendment Restrictions Act, No. 38 of 2014.
The Amendment bill has proposed the abolition of the land tax from January 01, 2016.
According to the land tax that was effective from January 01, 2013, if land is being to a foreigner or a company where foreign shares are over 50%, of the tax payable, 15% is charged as a land tax.
Source: Sri Lanka Mirror
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