Sri Lanka SOE container terminal to get tax exemptions as ‘special project’

A container terminal built by Sri Lanka Ports Authority has been named a ‘special project’ by the cabinet to give tax benefits Minister Vijitha Herath said.

Private terminals in the port are given tax benefits under a Strategic Development Project law.

The excessive length of tax breaks as well as exempting senior official’s companies from personal income tax under the SDP when people earning above 100,000 rupees are taxed has become a contentious issue.

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