Interest income from non-resident and resident foreign currency accounts (NRFC and RFC) have been exempted from tax under tax changes proposed by Minister of Finance and Media, Mangala Samaraweera, were approved by the Cabinet.
Furthermore, Samaraweera's proposals to amend the Inland Revenue Act, No.24 of 2017, to exempt the Withholding Tax (WHT) imposed on the interest income of children's savings, earnings from government securities, royalties, leasing of air crafts as well as the reduction of WHT on rent, were also approved by the Cabinet.
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