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🚗 Sri Lanka’s Rs. 700B Vehicle Tax Dream Faces Reality Check 🇱🇰
⭕️ Govt initially aimed for Rs. 700B from vehicle taxes in 2025
⭕️ So far, only Rs. 90B collected — just 13% of target
⭕️ Only ~6,000 vehicles imported so far in the year, ~ $300M in forex outflow via legal channels
⭕️ The belief that high taxes automatically lead to high revenue is one of the most flawed policy assumptions among top decision-makers in Sri Lanka’s finance ministry.
#SriLanka 🇱🇰
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