19 February 2018 08:39 am
The National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka will conduct a seminar on tax, fiscal, and other issues related to the new Foreign Exchange Act, the New Inland Revenue Act, budget proposals for 2018 and the Sri Lanka-Singapore treaty for prevention of double taxation which has a bearing on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed by the governments of Sri Lanka and Singapore recently.
Suresh Perera, Attorney-at–Law, FCMA Principal Tax & Regulatory of KPMG, a professional on taxation issues, will make a presentation analyzing the tax and fiscal issues related to the above which impacts on, and benefits international trade particularly with regard to exports. He will also discuss how best exporters could make use of the various provisions in the above Acts and agreements to benefit their export businesses, as well as how they could avoid pitfalls. Following the main presentation, a panel discussion will be conducted by senior officials of Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Department of Inland Revenue, Department of Customs, The Treasury, Export Development Board and Department of Commerce.
Those interested in registering for the event may contact the chamber by email on nce@nce.lk, or call on 0114328046.