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Shrinking Tax Base Increases Tax Burden on Existing Taxpayers
No full textThis infographic is available on the publicfinance.lk website at https://publicfinance.lk/en/topics/shrinking-tax-base-increases-tax-burden-on-existing-taxpayers-1648629908The income tax per person is calculated as the total government revenue from income tax (including PAYE) divided by the total registered taxpayers for income tax which includes Individual Tax Payers and Employees paying income tax under PAYE / APIT. The tax per person rose by 20% from LKR 192,365 in 2019 to LKR 231,624 in 2020 despite the tax policy changes to replace PAYE with APIT and the increase in the tax thresholds for income tax. This increase was mainly due to the fall in the registered tax base, by 33%* was greater than the fall in the total income tax revenue collected, which means that the few existing income taxpayers end up paying more than before
Desk Research on Alcohol Taxation in Sri Lanka
Get PDF33 pagesThis research report is the end product of a desk-based study on alcohol manufacturers in Sri Lanka, their market share, nature of alcohol taxation and policies and the benefits of such alcohol taxation in the country
Budget 2023: Third Reading Vote
No full textThis infographic is available in English and SinhalaThe second reading of the Budget 2023 (Appropriation Bill) was passed in the parliament on 8 December 2022 by a majority of 43 votes. These infographics show how MPs voted in the third reading of the 2023 budget. 123 MPs voted in favour of the budget and 80 voted against. 2 MPs abstained from voting and 19 MPs were absent
ගැටළු සහගත වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala)In the month of June 2022, the newspapers Lankadeepa and Aruna reported the same incident with two different descriptions. According to Lankadeepa the victim was stabbed in the stomach, while Aruna reported that the victim was beheaded
Parliament Summary – June 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis parliament summary for June 2022 provides following details: number of parliament sittings (6), written questions asked (55) and answered (24), adjournment motion (2) and most contributed MP (Sivagnanam Shritharan) to it, motion at adjournment time (2) and most contributed MP (Hector Appuhamy), Speaker’s announcements (10), Bills – debated and passed (4), regulations (3), private member’s bills – incorporation bills (2), questions by private notice (4), points of order - technical (14) and disruptive (6), Expunged statements (39) and most responsible MPs (Nalin Bandara Jayamaha – 5)
නිවැරදි මූලාශ්ර රහිත වාර්තාකරණ සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic (both in Sinhala).On October 7 Divaina reported a news about the passing of the Geneva resolution with no sources, which is irresponsible reporting
Parliamentary report card: Kanchana Wijesekara – September 2015 to February 2020 and August 2020 to March 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis report card shows the contribution of MP Kanchana Wijesekara (SLPP) in 8th and 9th parliaments. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from September 2015 to February 2020 (8th) and August 2020 to March 2022 (9th). This includes attendance in parliament sittings (297/414; 125/150), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (8th - 96; 9th - 66) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Agriculture, Plantations, Livestock and Fisheries, Economy and Finance, Justice, Defense and Public Order and Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Transportatio
Parliamentary report card: Gamini Lokuge – September 2015 to March 2020 and August 2020 to January 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis report card shows the contribution of MP Gamini Lokuge (SLPP) in 8th and 9th parliaments. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from September 2015 to March 2020 (8th) and August 2020 to January 2022 (9th). This includes attendance in parliament sittings (326/414; 114/134), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (8th - 93; 9th -104) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Labour and Employment, Trade and Industry, Economy and Finance and Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Transportation
නිෂේධනාත්කම යෙදුම් භාවිතා කිරීම සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic (both in Sinhala).On 27 September 2022, Mawbima and on 29 September 2022, Lankadeepa, published articles unnecessarily highlighting the profession of an individual accused of sexual harassment of students by using the term ‘gura’ (ගුරා), thereby negatively labelling the profession of teaching. Similarly, on the 22 and 29 September 2022, Dinamina also published articles covering the same news story by using the term ‘gura’ (ගුරා), also adding a negative label to the teaching profession
Gender Responsive Budgeting: Evaluating Key Performance Indicators - Infographics July 2022
No full textThe infographics are 5 in number and available in 3 languages; English, Sinhala and Tamil.These infographics highlight the failure of the Sri Lankan government in implementing gender responsive budgeting in Sri Lanka. The case of gender KPIs provides a detailed case study of how poor planning of government policies can lead to poor accountability among implementing agencies. The infographics highlight the importance of conducting good analysis, ensuring that well-defined frameworks and proper oversight mechanisms are in place before proceeding to implement budgetary policies. The second year of assessment found that progress of the 12 gender key performance indicators has regressed from 2019-2020. In comparison to the first year of assessment, the overall progress of KPIs has declined. The assessment of KPIs across both years (2018-2019 and 2019-2020) revealed that a lack of transparency, a lack of accountability and the lack of a clearly formulated framework to support the implementation of the KPIs has led to a failed initiative.CIP