The Hon. Vijitha Herath
Vijitha Herath said previous governments had not established an effective mechanism to capture and tax international platform-based transactions, including during the tenure of the former Finance Minister. He stated that the current Budget introduces tax and collection mechanisms, supported by legal and technological measures, to bring tourism-related inflows into the domestic system and reduce revenue leakages.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Thank you, Hon. Member. It is true that for years there was no proper mechanism to capture and tax international platform-based transactions. Even when you were Finance Minister, it was not introduced. We are now introducing the needed tax mechanisms and collection methods outlined in the Budget and are taking steps—both legal and technological—to ensure tourism inflows are routed into the domestic system and leakages minimized.
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 9 June 2026 ·No. 23706 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Vijitha Herath. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 June 2026. No. 23706. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/2819