Speaker signs VAT Act into law

Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act came into effect after Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne endorsed the certificate on the Bill in Parliament yesterday, Parliament sources said The second reading debate, related to the Bill, was held on 09.04.

2025, and amendments were added to the sad Bill during the Committee Stage. The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill was then passed in Parliament, following its Third Reading, without a division. This Bill was presented to Parliament for its First Reading on 01.



03.2025.This Bill comes into force as the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act, No.

04 of 2025..