The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara questioned a statement by Hon. Wijitha Herath that Booking.com should leave Sri Lanka if it does not pay taxes, noting that about 40 per cent of tourists use the platform. He asked whether the matter had been discussed with the Ministry of Finance, given the absence of a legal framework to tax such platforms, and sought clarification on what was meant by “removing” Booking.com.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 My second supplementary, Hon. Deputy Minister: I refer to a statement by Hon. Wijitha Herath regarding Booking.com, suggesting they should leave Sri Lanka if they do not pay taxes. About 40% of tourists come via Booking.com. There is no existing mechanism to tax such platforms; there is no legal framework. Such statements can cause many problems, even internationally. Have you discussed this with the Ministry of Finance? What exactly is meant by “removing” Booking.com?
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 21 March 2025. No. 1747297753031842. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/15657