Browsing Research Outputs by Subject "Ranjith Siyabalapitiya"

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    • Ranjit Siyabalapitiya: Fiscal Position 

      FactCheck.lk ;E1644
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk , 2/2/2023)
      FALSE: In 2022, the government’s revenue and expenditure difference were as high as 256% or Rs. 3,058 billion. [In 2023] The government expect the revenue to be Rs. 3.45 trillion, while the expenditure will go up to Rs. ...

    • Ranjith Siyabalapitiya: Fiscal stability 

      FactCheck.lk;P0074
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 6/15/2023)
      PARTLY TRUE: …we are coming step by step towards fiscal stability. Even the IMF calculated that for this first quarter, our primary account balance will be negative by Rs. 56 billion. But we have brought this quarter…to a ...

    • Ranjith Siyabalapitiya: On tax paying labour force 

      FactCheck.lk;E1665
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 3/16/2023)
      FALSE: "Only 120,965 persons or 2.6 percent of the labour force, who are earning over Rs.100,000 per month, are subjected to the PAYE tax." Ranjith Siyabalapitiya, Daily Mirror, 11 February 2023

    • Ranjith Siyabalapitiya: Vehicle imports 

      FactCheck.lk;P0074
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 7/20/2023)
      TRUE: ...within that period [2015-2020], we have brought 2,498,714 vehicles...worth Rs. 1,331.51 billion...We have taxed [them to the value of] 991.12 billion. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, YouTube Page of Parliament of Sri ...

    • Ranjith Siyambalapitiya: Import Shortage 

      FactCheck.lk ;P0060
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk , 2/23/2023)
      FALSE: …It is because this step was taken [ban imports on certain items] that essential items such as fuel, medicine and fertiliser can be imported without any shortages… Ranjith Siyabalapitiya, Newswire, 26 January 2023