Tax Return Helper
Your Sri Lanka income tax return, step by step — income, reliefs and credits, your tax or refund, and a cage-by-cage filing guide. Year of Assessment 2025/2026. Now with foreign income, a Statement of Assets, what-if comparisons and checks.
Enter everything you earned in the year. All amounts are in rupees, for the year.
Money you earned abroad and sent home through a bank is taxed at most 15% — never more than the normal rates would give.
CBSL indicative buy rate, as of 2026-11-10
Foreign income is taxed at most 15% (Sch 8, cage 809.B). If the normal rates would give a lower tax, the lower figure applies.
APIT tax on your monthly salary, from the IRD's 2025/26 table.
Annual income tax for a self-employed person or freelancer, and how much to pay each quarter.
Your fixed deposit's return after withholding tax and inflation — what your money will actually be worth, not just the headline rate.
EPF 8% + 12%, ETF 3% on any salary, plus gratuity after 5 years of service.
Questions
Resident individuals filing their own return for Y/A 2025/2026 — salary earners, freelancers, landlords and investors. It covers the common income types and reliefs. Companies, partnerships and non-residents need a different return.
You type it, from your employer's T-10 certificate. The tool never guesses your APIT — the figure on your certificate is the only correct one. The same goes for AIT from your bank and any WHT: type what the certificate says.
The numbered boxes on the IRD return form and on the e-Filing portal. Every figure on your return goes into a numbered cage. This tool shows you the cage for each figure, so you can copy them across one by one.
No. You file on the IRD e-Services portal yourself. This tool prepares everything — your tax, your schedules and which cage each figure goes into. The return for Y/A 2025/2026 is due on 30 November 2026, and e-filing is mandatory.
Money you earned abroad and sent home through a bank is taxed at most 15%. The tool works out the tax two ways — 15% of the foreign income, and what the normal rates would give on it — and takes the lower figure. Type the amount in the foreign currency and pick the currency; the rate comes from the CBSL indicative buy rate, and you can type a different rate if your bank used another one.
A list of what you owned and owed at the start and end of the year. It goes with your return. The tool adds up your assets and liabilities, works out your net worth at both ends, and checks whether the change matches your income minus the tax you paid and what you spent to live. If it does not match, it only means a figure may need checking — an income or expense you have not entered, or a typo.
It runs the same tax calculation with the figures you change — salary, donations, or what you spent on solar panels. It shows your tax now and your tax with the change, and how much you would save or pay extra. It does not change your return.
They are prompts to look again, not errors. The tool only sees the figures you typed. For example, it flags it if the APIT on your certificates is more than this salary would produce — that usually means a figure to check, or a salary that was not spread evenly through the year.
Terminal benefits (special rates), betting, gaming, liquor and tobacco income at 45%, losses carried forward, and company, partnership or non-resident returns. It also cannot read your documents — you type the figures from your certificates.
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