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Wanted: An Authentic Minister of Finance - Sri Lanka Has Not Had One, For Three And A Half Decades
This article was compiled by Professor Mick Moore. Professor Mick Moore is a political economist and Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies. He is a non-resident academic fellow at Verité Research and member of Verité’s Sri Lanka Economic Policy Group. Professor Mick’s broad research interests are in the domestic and international dimensions of good and bad governance in developing countries.
Featured Insight
Wanted: An Authentic Minister of Finance - Sri Lanka Has Not Had One, For Three And A Half Decades
This article was compiled by Professor Mick Moore. Professor Mick Moore is a political economist and Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies. He is a non-resident academic fellow at Verité Research and member of Verité’s Sri Lanka Economic Policy Group. Professor Mick’s broad research interests are in the domestic and international dimensions of good and bad governance in developing countries.
Featured Insight
Wanted: An Authentic Minister of Finance - Sri Lanka Has Not Had One, For Three And A Half Decades
This article was compiled by Professor Mick Moore. Professor Mick Moore is a political economist and Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies. He is a non-resident academic fellow at Verité Research and member of Verité’s Sri Lanka Economic Policy Group. Professor Mick’s broad research interests are in the domestic and international dimensions of good and bad governance in developing countries.
Featured Insight
Wanted: An Authentic Minister of Finance - Sri Lanka Has Not Had One, For Three And A Half Decades
This article was compiled by Professor Mick Moore. Professor Mick Moore is a political economist and Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies. He is a non-resident academic fellow at Verité Research and member of Verité’s Sri Lanka Economic Policy Group. Professor Mick’s broad research interests are in the domestic and international dimensions of good and bad governance in developing countries.
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What Caused the Rise in Tax Revenue from 2021 to 2022?
In the Central Bank's Annual Report for 2022, the government's revenues witnessed a notable surge of 38%, soaring from Rs 1,484 billion to Rs 2,013 billion. A c...
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Economy Next
Sri Lanka cigarette taxes down amid legal sales fa...
Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Tobacco Company said its March quarter cigarette sales were down from a year earlier, leading to an absolute revenue fall as well amid tax hikes and an economic slowdown.
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The Sunday Times
More tax hikes in upcoming Budget
The Government will have to further increase taxes in the upcoming 2023 Budget to meet the cost of major welfare and relief programmes, totalling more than Rs 800 million already implemented this year, a senior Treasury official said....
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Daily FT
Govt. denies 5% tax on people earning over Rs. 100...
The Government yesterday clarified that there was no decision to impose a 5% tax on people earning over Rs. 100,000 monthly, stating that the idea was a personal view of Trade Minister Bandula Gunawardena.
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Insight on Revenue
How does Sri Lanka’s Corporate Taxes Com...
A recent proposal initiated by the G7 to introduce a global mi...
Port City Commission Bill Offers Wider E...
The draft version of the Colombo Port Cit...
Decline in government revenue for 2020
According to the Central Bank Annual Report for 2020, government reven...
Taxes on Motor Vehicle Imports
Last year the government placed import restrictions on motor vehicles. How did this aff...
Deviation of Actual vs. Estimated Revenu...
The Fiscal Management Report released recently shows that Tax Revenue between Jan – Aug 202...
Summary of Fiscal Indicators, 1950 to 20...
The following chart displays the government revenue and expenditure...
Government Revenue in 2020 – Not Suffici...
According to the Ministry of Finance, government revenue is expected t...
Tax Impacts of Import Restrictions
Between Apr...
2020 Mid-year Fiscal Performance
Latest figures released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka show that rev...
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What Caused the Rise in Tax Revenue from 2021 to 2...
In the Central Bank's Annual Report for 2022, the government's revenues witnessed a notable surge of 38%, soaring from Rs 1,484 billion to Rs 2,013 billion. A c...
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Schrodinger’s Banks: The Immediate Need for Polici...
This article was compiled by Professor Udara Peiris. Udara Peiris joined Oberlin in the fall of 2022. He was previously a tenured Associate Professor of Fi...
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The Cost of a Kevili Table in 2024
The cost of assorting a traditional “kevili” table for the Sinhala and Tamil New Year has gone down in 2024 compared to 2023 but remains more than twice as high as it was in 2019.
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