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233 Railway Rates Tribunal. ... 258.5 Stamp Duty Duly Stamped. ... Ceylon, 1954 - Revenue stamps of Sri Lanka; Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1885-1947 ...
The first souvenir sheet of Sri Lanka was issued on 5 February 1966 on the topic 'Typical Birds of Ceylon' and was imperforate. [5] This sheet was reissued on 15 September 1967 to commemorate the 1st National Stamp Exhibition of Sri Lanka, overprinted 'FIRST NATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION 1967'. [5]
Stamp duty was formerly a graduated progressive tax with the more expensive the house bought the greater the stamp duty rate. The top rate slowly increased from 0.5% in 1882 to 3% in 1947, 5% in 1973, 6% in 1975, reaching its peak at 9% in 1997. [ 7 ]
Examples of such taxes include some forms of stamp duty, real estate transfer tax, and levies for the formal registration of a transfer. In some jurisdictions, transfers of certain forms of property require confirmation by a notary. While notarial fees may add to the cost of the transaction, they are not a transfer tax in the strict sense of ...
Sri Lanka Post has a long history of 222 years, dating back to 1798, when the colonial Dutch rulers started five post offices in the Maritime Districts under their control. In 1799, they published the first postal regulations and postage rates.
Taxation in Sri Lanka mainly includes excise duties, value added tax, income tax and tariffs. [1] Tax revenue is a primary constituent of the government's fiscal policy . The Government of Sri Lanka imposes taxes mainly of two types in the forms of direct taxes and indirect taxes.
The Dull Rose is a Ceylonese (modern-day Sri Lanka) postage stamp that is considered to be the rarest and most valuable stamp issued in the country. [1] [2] 7000 stamps were issued on 23 April 1859, bearing a face value of four pence.
The legal system in Sri Lanka comprises collections of codified and uncodified forms of law, of many origins subordinate to the Constitution of Sri Lanka which is the highest law of the island. Its legal framework is a mixture of legal systems of Roman-Dutch law , English law , Kandian law , Thesavalamai and Muslim law .