Finance:Duty-free permit
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Duty-free permit (or Duty-free vehicle permit or Motor Vehicle Permit on Concessionary Terms) is a permit issued by the Treasury of the Government of Sri Lanka that allows its holder to import a vehicle into Sri Lanka on duties concessions or exempt from certain taxes.[1][2] The practice had been started by government of Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike.[3]
Currently entitled
Following category of individuals are entitled to duty-free permits;
- Legislators
- Members of Parliament
- Provincial councilors
- Public officers (who have served a minimum term defined)
- Senior grade officers of the public service, parliament or appointed by cabinet minister.
- Officers of holding the posts of medical officer, engineer, accountant, architect and lawyer.
- Senior executives of state corporations or statutory institutions.
- Senior academics and executives of state universities.
- Executive grade officers in the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
- Executive grade officers defined by the Department of Management Services;
- Senior executives
- Charted Engineers, Charted Accountants and Charted Architects
- Chancellors of the Universities
- Registered Medical Officers
- Project Directors, Charted Engineers, Charted Accountants, Charted Architects and lawyers of a development project
- Chairmen and members of a commission established as per the provisions of the constitution
- Military officers
- Officers of the ranks and above lieutenant colonel, wing commander and commander.
References
- ↑ Scheme for Issuance of Motor Vehicle Permits on Concessionary Terms
- ↑ Number of duty free vehicle permits reduced: Ravi
- ↑ Perera. "https://www.dailymirror.lk/worldnews/breaking_news/Salaries-of-MPs-not-increased-for-20-years%3A-State-Minister/108-265784". Daily Mirror. https://www.dailymirror.lk/worldnews/breaking_news/Salaries-of-MPs-not-increased-for-20-years%3A-State-Minister/108-265784.
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