SriLanka, Nov. 8 -- Sri Lanka is overhauling its revenue administration system, bringing the Inland Revenue Department (IRD), Sri Lanka Customs and the Excise Department under a broader reform programme aimed at improving tax compliance, broadening the tax base and increasing Government revenue.

The reforms are being coordinated by the newly established Revenue Administration Reform and Modernisation Bureau (RARMB) and focus on digitalisation, legislative reform, data integration and institutional strengthening. Senior Additional Secretary to the President and head of the RARMB, Seevali Arukgoda, told Sunday Observer Business that the reform programme had been formulated based on Government policy, recommendations from international agen...