Full-time freelancers of elakiri - Do you pay taxes?

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    "Gains and profits earned or derived by any person from any foreign source, other than gains and profits stated above, where such gains and profits earned or derived in foreign currency and remitted through a bank to Sri Lanka is exempt from income tax, w.e.f. 01.01.2020."

    source: https://www.desaram.com/covid-19/recent-changes-to-income-tax.php

    "any service rendered in or outside Sri Lanka to any person to be utilized outside Sri Lanka, where the payment for such services is received in foreign currency and remitted through a bank to Sri Lanka on or after January 1, 2020;"

    source: http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/bill/2021/3/37-2021_E.pdf (The Bill to amend the Inland Revenue Act No. 24 of 2017 (“the Act") was gazetted and issued on 18th March 2021. The Bill is yet to be passed by the Parliament for legal enactment)

    Mewala thiyana widihata anuwa nan foreign currency income is exempt from tax.
    "other than gains and profits stated above" kiyanne monawada?

    Company kiyala na person kiyala thiyenne.
    Ethakota loku ganak awama meka personal earnings kiyala oppu karannath mona hari illaida danne naha.
     

    U-tag

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    Mchn any reliable source for this info? Man danna tharamin meka apply wenne non-residents lata witharai. Residents lata worldwide income is taxable.
    http://www.ird.gov.lk/en/Lists/Latest News Notices/Attachments/220/WHT12022020_E.pdf


    Amended Notice : http://www.ird.gov.lk/en/Lists/Latest News Notices/Attachments/233/IT08042020_E.pdf
    ඕකෙ 6 පිටුවේ "Any Service Rendered in or outside Sri Lanka to ......" කියන එක බලන්න. ඔය තියෙන්නෙ inland revenue department එකේ official notice එක.

    ඕක ඊළඟ budget එකෙන් වෙනස් වෙන්න පුළුවන්. 😁😁

    "other than gains and profits stated above" kiyanne monawada?

    Company kiyala na person kiyala thiyenne.
    Ethakota loku ganak awama meka personal earnings kiyala oppu karannath mona hari illaida danne naha.

    Other than gain and..... මොකක් ද බලන්න ඉට කාලීන තියන ඡේදය බලන්න වෙනවා.

    Personal earnings නම් personal account එකට එන්න ඕනේ (තමන්ගේ නමින් Open කරපු bank account එකකට එන්න ඕනේ).

    Tax file එක ඔයා ගෙ නමට ඇවිල, සල්ලි wife ගෙ නමට තියන bank account ඇවිල්ලා තිබෝත් වැඩේ අවුල්).
    ------ Post added on May 4, 2021 at 12:12 PM
     
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    http://www.ird.gov.lk/en/Lists/Latest News Notices/Attachments/220/WHT12022020_E.pdf


    Amended Notice : http://www.ird.gov.lk/en/Lists/Latest News Notices/Attachments/233/IT08042020_E.pdf
    ඕකෙ 6 පිටුවේ "Any Service Rendered in or outside Sri Lanka to ......" කියන එක බලන්න. ඔය තියෙන්නෙ inland revenue department එකේ official notice එක.

    ඕක ඊළඟ budget එකෙන් වෙනස් වෙන්න පුළුවන්. 😁😁



    Other than gain and..... මොකක් ද බලන්න ඉට කාලීන තියන ඡේදය බලන්න වෙනවා.

    Personal earnings නම් personal account එකට එන්න ඕනේ (තමන්ගේ නමින් Open කරපු bank account එකකට එන්න ඕනේ).

    Tax file එක ඔයා ගෙ නමට ඇවිල, සල්ලි wife ගෙ නමට තියන bank account ඇවිල්ලා තිබෝත් වැඩේ අවුල්).
    ------ Post added on May 4, 2021 at 12:12 PM
    thanks bro! very informative