Sri Lanka will charge a 10 percent capital gains tax on immovable property, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said, in a budget for 2017.
Details were unavailable, but earlier reports suggested that property bought and sold before the expiry of 10 years would be subjected to the tax.
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(Source: Economy Next)
Tuesday, 15 November 2016
Lanka withdraws ban on foreigners buying property
Sri Lanka has announced it would lift a ban on foreigners owning property as the cash-strapped country sought to attract foreign capital to rebuild its war-ravaged economy.
Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake on Thursday told parliament of the potential to attract much-needed foreign investment in the construction sector, which is experiencing a boom following the end of the island’s ethnic war in 2009.
“To further incentivise such investment, we will remove freehold right restrictions from the ground floor,” the minister said, referring to a 2014 ban on foreigners purchasing real estate.
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(Source: Gulf Times)
Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake on Thursday told parliament of the potential to attract much-needed foreign investment in the construction sector, which is experiencing a boom following the end of the island’s ethnic war in 2009.
“To further incentivise such investment, we will remove freehold right restrictions from the ground floor,” the minister said, referring to a 2014 ban on foreigners purchasing real estate.
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(Source: Gulf Times)
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