Online tax remittance to CMC since early January launch exceeds Rs. 1.6 m
Thursday, 30 January 2014 00:00
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With the introduction of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) online tax payment system, the total amount of remittances received online by the CMC as tax payment has now exceeded Rs. 1.6 million.
The ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) says that during the past 20 days since the launch of the new CMC online tax payment system, more than 200 persons have made use of the facility.
CMC tax payments which do not require any supplementary documents/manual interventions could be made online using this new facility. The tax categories for which this online payment could be made are: (1) Rates payments, (2) Trade tax, (3) Tax on businesses, (4) Market rental, (5) House rental, (6) Shops and boutiques rental and (7) Hawkers’ rental.
While details about the amount paid and the balance payable are available online, an electronic receipt for the amount paid will also be issued online. The permanent residents of the CMC currently total approximately up to 550,000 and the number of active tax payers registered with the CMC currently stands at 150,000.
It is expected that paying centres with internet facilities will be set up within the CMC area to enable the public to make their payments.
The link for the new facility is http://www.eservice.cmc.lk/cmc-citizen-web/Payments/OnlinePayments
