The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law

Samagi Jana Balawegaya· Kurunegala· 9 April 2025 ·Debate: Debate: Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill - Second Reading (Afternoon Session and Reported Business)

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Dayasiri Jayasekara raised a concern about VAT treatment for producers using inputs such as rice polish and maize. He asked the Minister how such producers can claim input VAT when there is no apparent mechanism or place for them to recover it.

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¶ 01 Hon. Minister, the main concern of producers is that they have no place to claim back VAT. With rice polish and maize in their input mix, how do they claim input VAT?

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Source: Hansard, Wednesday, 9 April 2025 ·No. 1747807095041246 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 April 2025. No. 1747807095041246. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/3941