Sri Lanka - Taxes on income

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (current LCU)

The value for Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (current LCU) in Sri Lanka was 427,700,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 427,700,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 7,337,000,000 in 1990.

Definition: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 7,337,000,000
1991 9,722,000,000
1992 10,967,000,000
1993 13,658,000,000
1994 15,277,000,000
1995 17,161,000,000
1996 20,751,000,000
1997 21,547,000,000
1998 20,429,000,000
1999 28,227,000,000
2000 27,457,000,000
2001 34,636,000,000
2002 37,619,000,000
2003 39,397,000,000
2004 41,372,000,000
2005 52,535,000,000
2006 80,484,000,000
2007 107,168,000,000
2008 126,541,000,000
2009 139,558,000,000
2010 135,623,000,000
2011 157,309,000,000
2012 172,592,000,000
2013 205,665,000,000
2014 198,115,000,000
2015 262,583,000,000
2016 258,857,000,000
2017 274,562,000,000
2018 310,449,000,000
2019 427,700,000,000

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue)

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue) in Sri Lanka was 22.52 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 22.52 in 2019, while its lowest value was 9.87 in 1990.

Definition: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1990 9.87
1991 11.53
1992 11.66
1993 12.83
1994 12.91
1995 11.82
1996 13.48
1997 12.52
1998 11.21
1999 13.93
2000 12.69
2001 14.45
2002 14.09
2003 13.86
2004 12.93
2005 12.74
2006 15.88
2007 18.01
2008 18.43
2009 19.23
2010 16.26
2011 16.56
2012 16.18
2013 17.83
2014 16.69
2015 17.98
2016 15.29
2017 14.93
2018 16.06
2019 22.52

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes)

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes) in Sri Lanka was 24.65 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 24.65 in 2019, while its lowest value was 11.99 in 1990.

Definition: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1990 11.99
1991 14.26
1992 14.36
1993 15.65
1994 15.37
1995 14.48
1996 15.94
1997 15.12
1998 13.86
1999 17.00
2000 15.05
2001 16.83
2002 16.96
2003 17.01
2004 14.69
2005 15.60
2006 18.79
2007 21.06
2008 21.61
2009 22.55
2010 18.71
2011 19.36
2012 18.99
2013 20.45
2014 18.86
2015 19.37
2016 17.69
2017 16.44
2018 18.13
2019 24.65

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance