IRD Launches Colombo Street Survey to Identify Unregistered Taxpayers

30 Jan, 2026

The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has launched a street-level survey across Colombo to identify unregistered taxpayers and enhance tax compliance, as part of broader revenue administration reforms.

The initiative covers Colombo Municipal Council areas 1 to 15, with special IRD field teams visiting commercial establishments to inspect premises and place QR-coded stickers to support taxpayer identification and compliance.

Economic Development Deputy Minister Nishantha Jayaweera joined the launch, highlighting the government’s commitment to strengthening revenue collection and bringing all eligible businesses into the formal tax system.

The exercise aims to update taxpayer information, expand the tax net, and ensure accurate registration of businesses, while supporting the IRD’s ongoing efforts to improve efficiency, transparency, and data-driven administration.

Recommended For You

Gazette to be issued next week to hold LG polls in January

The Gazette notification is to be issued next week to hold the Local Government (LG) elections in January,?Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils Faiszer Musthapha said. The Minister said that some issues related to the?Local Government Bill had been resolved and as a result the elections can be held in January. Meanwhile, Minister Mano Ganeshan said that political party leaders decided at a meeting today to facilitate mechanisms to hold the elections by January 27.?(Colombo Gaze

24 Oct, 2017

Sri Lanka looks to build stronger ties with Japan under Abe

Sri Lanka today said it will look to build stronger ties with Japan under re-elected Japanese Prime Minister Shinz? Abe. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition won a majority in Parliament after capturing more than 300 of the 465 seats in Japan’s lower house that were up for grabs on Sunday. Following the win, President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe tweeted congratulatory remarks. “Heartfelt congratulations to Japan?s Prime Minister @AbeShinzo for

23 Oct, 2017

New Zealand approves new elephant despite Sri Lankan court case

New Zealand?has approves a new $1.6m elephant despite a Sri Lankan court hold up, stuff.co.nz reported. In May 2011?Auckland Council approved $3.2m to transport two gifted elephants from Sri Lanka to New Zealand. Anjalee joined veteran elephant Burma at Auckland Zoo in 2015 But protests from animal rights activists and?cultural and religious groups in Sri Lanka stopped second elephant Nandi from leaving Sri Lanka for New Zealand. During the 2017/2018 Annual Plan process council allocated onl

24 Oct, 2017

Colombo Gazette is a leading news and entertainment website, covering stories related to Sri Lanka. The content consists of text based news, photos and videos and is linked to social media websites including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, to provide a wider coverage for its stories.