The Hon. (Dr.) Harini Amarasuriya - Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education
Regulations under the Value Added Tax Act concerning management of the VAT Refund Fund, published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2460/44, were presented and referred to the Committee on Public Finance with the agreement of the House. A Presidential Proclamation under the Essential Public Services Act and a note on supplementary allocations under the 2025 Appropriation Act for October 2025 were also presented and ordered to lie upon the Table.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I present: - The Regulations made by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development under Section 71 of the Value Added Tax Act, No. 14 of 2002 regarding the management of the Value Added Tax Refund Fund, published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2460/44 of 31st October, 2025. I move that these Regulations be referred to the Committee on Public Finance.
¶ 02 Question put, and agreed to.
¶ 03 - The Proclamation made and published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2464/29 of 28th November, 2025 and the Schedule thereto, by virtue of the powers vested in the President in terms of Section 2 of the Essential Public Services Act, No. 61 of 1979; and - Note on Supplementary Allocations from the Development Activities Programme appearing under Expenditure Head No. 240 of the Department of National Budget for the period from 01.10.2025 to 31.10.2025, in terms of Section 6(1) of the Appropriation Act, No. 3 of 2025.
¶ 04 Ordered to lie upon the Table.
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