Sri Lanka e-Invoicing News and Updates
Every Sri Lanka e-invoicing change recorded here: 6 updates, newest first, each cited to its official source. Last change logged 1 October 2026.
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October 2026
Sri Lanka
Technical Update
B2B
Specified VAT tax invoice format takes effect
Tax invoices issued by VAT-registered persons must now follow the specification in Annexure I of Gazette Extraordinary No. 2481/22, including the title "TAX INVOICE", supplier and purchaser TINs and a structured serial number. The rule governs invoice content and does not prescribe a structured e-invoice file format.
August 2026
Sri Lanka
Timeline Update
B2B
Tax invoice format moved to 1 October 2026
Gazette Extraordinary No. 2500/106 amended Gazette Extraordinary No. 2481/22 so that the specified VAT tax invoice format applies from 1 October 2026 instead of 1 July 2026. All other matters were unchanged.
June 2026
Sri Lanka
Technical Update
VAT amendment adds secured POS requirement and invoice offence
The VAT (Amendment) Act, No. 14 of 2026 adds section 64B, requiring registered persons to use secured point-of-sale machines that capture transaction data in real time, within three months of a date still to be prescribed by regulations. The IRD's notice on the amendments also makes failure to furnish valid tax invoices an offence from 1 July 2026.
May 2026
Sri Lanka
Technical Update
B2B
IRD circular sets out revised tax invoice rules and Web API concession
Circular SEC/2026/E/03 explains the revised tax invoice format under Gazette Extraordinary No. 2481/22. VAT-registered persons approved before 1 July 2026 to integrate their ERP systems with RAMIS through the Web API may omit the YYMMM_QQQQ_ prefix from invoice numbers, provided integration is completed by 31 December 2026.
Sri Lanka
Status Change
B2B
Sri Lanka begins phased e-invoicing rollout via RAMIS Web API
The Inland Revenue Department issued Notice SEC/PN/VAT/2026-03, confirming that the National e-Invoicing System, which began with a pilot for a selected group of VAT-registered persons, is being rolled out in phases. Selected garment export, tea export and tea manufacturing entities transmit VAT invoice and schedule data (Schedules 01, 04 and 07) from their ERP systems to RAMIS in real time through a secure Web API, and tea brokers' Colombo Tea Auction records are transmitted from 1 May 2026. Phase 1 covers export-oriented enterprises and Phase 2 all VAT-registered persons, with full Web API integration expected by the end of 2026. This moves Sri Lanka's B2B status from planned to phased.
November 2025
Sri Lanka
Timeline Update
Sri Lanka Budget 2026 sets out a phased national e-invoicing plan
The Budget Speech 2026 announced a national e-invoicing system built on an API-based framework linking taxpayers' ERP systems with the Inland Revenue Department's RAMIS. After a pilot, the system was to cover export-oriented enterprises first, then all VAT-registered taxpayers, and in a third phase point-of-sale machines.
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