The Committee on Public Finance (COPF) has expressed strong displeasure at the Ministry of Finance and the Inland Revenue Department’s failure to collect foregone taxes from...
The Attorney General has informed the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) that the Port City Commission is not empowered to formulate duty-free rules for duty-free malls...
Friday 8th December, 2023 President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who has the knack for pepping up serious discussions with zingers, remarked, in his recent budget speech, that what...
The Committee on Public Finance (COPF), at a recent meeting, requested the Ministry of Finance to consider VAT exemptions for medical equipment, ambulances, high-protein agro foods...
Chairman of the parliamentary Committee on Public Finance (COPF), SJB MP Dr. Harsha de Silva, has called for the opinion of the Attorney General within four...
The Committee on Public Finance has questioned officials of the Ministry of Finance why they took 15 weeks to submit a Gazette published on the 16th...
Chief Opposition Whip and Kandy District MP Lakshman Kiriella last Wednesday accused Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena of being notorious for suspending Standing Orders of the House.He said...
The Sri Lanka Parliament’s Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) has discussed the lack of consent of beneficiaries of the Employment Provident Fund on a planned domestic...
The Committee on Public Finance (COPF), which met under its new Chairman, MP Harsha de Silva, postponed the consideration of the Betting and Gaming Levy (Amendment)...
By HIMAL KOTELAWALA ECONOMYNEXT –President Ranil Wickremesinghe has agreed to the appointment of main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Harsha de Silva as chair of the...