Enter your income, upload your documents, and a Chartered Accountant reviews and lodges your return to the IRD. Free for you. CA charges their own fee.
Either way, filing through LankanTax is free. Pick the path that fits.
Already work with a CA you trust? Fill in your details, then send them an invite. They'll review your file and lodge to the IRD.
No CA yet, or want to try someone new? Browse Chartered Accountants on LankanTax. Compare fees and turnaround upfront.
Income, deductions, FD interest, rental, foreign earnings. Guided forms in Sinhala or English. About 15 minutes.
Payslips, FD certificates, rental agreements, foreign income proofs. Photos from your phone work.
Send the file to your existing accountant, or pick one from our directory with fees shown upfront.
Your CA reviews, asks any questions, and lodges to the IRD. You get your filed return by email.
If your income looks like one of these, you can file through LankanTax.
Employed in Sri Lanka and paid in rupees.
If APIT is already deducted from your payslip, you may still need to file. We handle salary, allowances, EPF/ETF, and any second source of income like FD interest or part-time work.
Paid in USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, or SGD — remote work, freelance, or overseas employer.
Forex conversions, source documentation, and tax treaty considerations matter here. We translate your foreign income into the right LKR figures and your CA reviews the result.
Pension, FD interest, gratuity payments.
FD interest and pension income often need filing even if tax was deducted at source. We cover withholding tax credits, gratuity treatment, and multiple bank accounts.
Income from one or more rental properties.
Rental income, allowable deductions, repairs, and if you also have salary income — we cover all of it. Upload tenancy agreements and bank statements; your CA computes the rest.
Filing yourself is technically free. But "free" isn't the same as easy.
Yes. Filing through LankanTax is free for you — account, data entry, document upload, generating your tax file, sending it to a CA. We don't charge individuals. Your CA charges their own professional fee for reviewing and lodging your return, which you see upfront before you pick them.
For individual income tax returns in Sri Lanka, a qualified accountant reviews and lodges your return to the IRD. Software is great at organising your data; a CA brings judgement, catches errors, and stands behind the lodgement. We split the work accordingly — we do the data, they do the lodgement.
That's fine. When you finish filling in your details, we'll send your CA an invite link. They sign up, review your return, and lodge it. They get a clean, structured file instead of the usual WhatsApp document chase — most CAs we've spoken to are happy to receive their clients this way.
For a typical individual return, CAs in our directory charge between Rs. 5,000 and Rs. 12,000, depending on complexity (multiple income sources, foreign currency, rentals add more). The fee is shown on each CA's profile before you pick them — no surprises.
Yes. We support USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, SGD, and most major currencies. We compute the LKR equivalent using the appropriate exchange rate for each income event, and your CA reviews the result. Pick a CA who specialises in foreign-income filings — you can filter the directory for this.
You'll receive a copy of your filed return by email once your CA lodges it — that's yours to keep. If you want year-over-year access on LankanTax, your CA can invite you back next filing season and your history will be available through them.
Yes. Your information is encrypted at rest and in transit. We don't sell it, share it with advertisers, or use it to train AI models. We comply with Sri Lanka's Personal Data Protection Act. Only the CA you choose can see your file — and only after you send it to them.
Possibly. If you have a single salary and APIT covers your tax fully, you may not need to file. But if you have FD interest, rental income, foreign income, multiple employers, or your APIT didn't fully cover your liability — you do need to file. When in doubt, run through our forms (free, 15 minutes) and your CA will tell you whether you actually need to lodge.
Don't let it sneak up on you. Fifteen minutes today saves you a panicked weekend in September.