SLTDA
Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority

Fee Structure

Investors are required to make only two payments to UNIT:
  1. The fee for processing your application, SLR. 300,000+ relevant taxes for the minimum investment of US$ 500,000. All other investments will be charged SLR. 100,000 + relevant taxes.

    The appropriate fee or the minimum of Rs. 300,000 as applicable will be charged at the time of granting SLTDA preliminary approval.

  2. This includes the following:

    a) Application processing fee of One Stop unit.

    b) Fee for common inspection.

    This does not include the followings:

    a) Administrative charges for EIA / IEER

     

  3. On granting final approval investors are required to pay one of following

Investments Fee
Less than US $ 1 mn 0.25%
Over us $ 1 mn to 10 mn 0.20%
Over us $10 mn 0.1%
 

Taxes Levied

Tax Outside BOI Current Rate Under the BOI Agreement
Corporate income tax
(tax on net profit/net income)
12% Zero tax rate (tax holiday) for Initial investment
Over US$ 3 mn 3 years
Over US$ 5 mn 5 years
Over US$ 10 mn 7 years
Customs Duty on importation of capital goods for construction and completion of the project normal applicable customs tariff Zero customs tariff (duty-free)* for the period agreed with BOI as approved by BOI
Other levies on imports/local procurements (VAT/ NBT/ PAL)* normal applicable tariff
VAT - on imports - 12%
NBT - on imports - 2%
PAL - on imports - 5%
normal applicable tariff is payable
Tourism Development levy 1% 1%
Nations Building tax (NBT)
(Tax on sale /turnover)
2% 2%
Economic Service Charge
ESC (tax on turnover)
Minimum threshold for tax liability is Rs 25 mn. Turnover /quarter
1% 0.25% during tax holiday
1%, thereafter
 
* For a stipulated period