Sri Lanka to charge debit tax bank withdrawals, ‘easy cash’
Thursday November 10, 2016
17:49
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka will charge a tax of 5 rupees for every 10,000 rupee transaction made by banks and financial institutions, a budget for 2017 said.
It amounts to a debt tax of 0.05 percent.
It will apply to transactions at financial institutions including ‘easy cash’ the budget said.
The ‘Financial Transaction Levy’ will be deductible for income tax.