Sri Lanka, Nov. 2 -- The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has issued an urgent appeal to the public to refrain from crowding its offices to obtain Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TINs) hard copies, clarifying that physical presentation of the document is mandatory for only a restricted set of official transactions.
The announcement comes as large crowds continue to gather at IRD branches country-wide following legislative mandates. Under Section 102(3) of the Inland Revenue Act No. 24 of 2017 (as amended) and Extraordinary Gazette Notification No. 2334/21, obtaining a TIN remains mandatory for all Sri Lankan residents who reached 18 years of age by December 31, 2023, or turned 18 after January 1, 2024.File Taxes
However, Inland Revenue Co...