The Hon. (Dr.) Anil Jayantha - Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Economic Development
The Minister stated that the Government is examining how VAT applies to digital platform services such as PickMe and Uber, noting that platforms argue tax should apply only to their local value addition. He said the Inland Revenue Department’s position is that VAT should capture the full taxable value added to the supply, and discussions are underway with platforms to ensure fair treatment and address gaps where parts of the supply chain are not legally connected in Sri Lanka.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Member, we are aware. Even PickMe is not paying on the entire consumer invoice; platforms argue their local value addition is the taxable base since the tax ultimately passes to the consumer. However, from the Inland Revenue Department’s perspective, VAT should apply to the total value added to the supply, and we are discussing with platforms to ensure fairness and that the whole taxable base is captured. With digital platforms like Uber, some parts of the supply chain are not legally connected here; we are addressing it.
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