LK Value added tax

Invoicing in Sri Lanka

A business registered in Sri Lanka charges VAT at a standard rate of ⁨18%⁩, invoices in ⁨LKR⁩, and issues documents under names and numbering rules that are specific to Sri Lanka. DocsOrigin carries all of that as registry data, so choosing Sri Lanka once configures the tax, the document set, the numbering and the layout together.

Invoicing in Sri Lanka is free forever with DocsOrigin: every document type, every export, no card and no trial.

Vytvořit první fakturu A worked example in Sri Lanka

Tax in Sri Lanka

VAT 18%

Reduced and zero rates 0%

How reliable is this figure

Graded high: this rate has been checked against a tax-authority or official source. It is still your responsibility to confirm it before you rely on it.

Whatever the grade, your own setting always wins — a rate you enter overrides the registry everywhere, including on documents already dated in the past.

Document types recognised in Sri Lanka

These are the documents DocsOrigin will offer a business registered in Sri Lanka, under the names used there. A type that has no meaning locally is not offered at all.

Nabídka

Oceňovaná nabídka. Není daňovým dokumentem a nezaznamenává se v books, dokud není přijata.

Faktura pro informaci

Žádost o platbu. Nezpůsňuje klientovi právo odečíst daň.

Daňová faktura

Samotný daňový dokument. Po vydání je uzamčen.

Faktura-potvrzení

Faktura a platba v jednom dokumentu, pokud je zaplaceno na místě.

Příjmové potvrzení

Potvrzuje přijaté peníze vůči faktuře.

Dobropis

Jediný zákonný způsob, jak zrušit nebo snížit dokument, který byl již vydán.

Dodejka

Zboží předané bez poplatku.

Tax identifier

On a document issued in Sri Lanka the identifier is labelled VAT number. It is printed in the header of every tax document, isolated left-to-right so it reads correctly in any interface language.

No structural check is applied for Sri Lanka: the format is accepted as entered, because a wrong rule that rejects a valid number is worse than no rule.

Numbering

Documents in Sri Lanka are expected to run in an unbroken sequence. DocsOrigin allocates the number at the moment of issue — never earlier — so a draft that is abandoned does not burn a number and leave a gap you have to explain.

Prefix, padding and yearly reset are configurable per document type, and the series is kept separately for each type.

How Sri Lanka writes dates and money

Set the country and these stop being settings you have to think about. The examples below are rendered by the same formatter the documents use.

Date: 21/09/2026
Amount: ₨12,345.67
Currency: LKR
Minor units: 2

⁨LKR⁩ is written with ⁨2⁩ decimal places, and every amount is stored as a whole number of minor units. ⛔ Money never touches floating point.

A worked example in Sri Lanka

Three lines, priced identically everywhere, run through the real tax engine with the Sri Lanka registry entry applied. This is what the document looks like there.

Nabídka Faktura pro informaci Daňová faktura Faktura-potvrzení Příjmové potvrzení Dobropis

Northwind Studio

VAT number 000000000 · Sri Lanka

Daňová faktura

Č. 2026-0042

21/09/2026

Fakturace pro Riverbank Coffee

Popis	Ks	Jednotková cena	Celkem
Návrhová práce	12	₨45.00	₨540.00
Živo značky	1	₨380.00	₨380.00
Servis na vyžádání	3	₨60.00	₨180.00

Čistý součet ₨1,100.00

VAT 18% ₨198.00

Celkem ₨1,298.00

Invoicing in Sri Lanka — questions

What tax rate do I charge in Sri Lanka?

The standard VAT rate recorded for Sri Lanka is ⁨18%⁩. Reduced rates may apply to particular supplies, and your own setting always overrides ours.

Which document do I issue to a customer in Sri Lanka?

The document set recognised in Sri Lanka is listed above, under the names used locally. For a paid sale the usual document is Daňová faktura, and a mistake on an issued document is corrected with a credit note rather than an edit.

Does DocsOrigin cost anything in Sri Lanka?

No. DocsOrigin is free forever for businesses in Sri Lanka as everywhere else: no subscription, no card, no trial, no per-document fee and no export fee. Optional professional services are the only thing that is ever charged for, and they are quoted per project.

What if the rate for Sri Lanka is wrong or changes?

Set your own rate in the business settings and it overrides the registry immediately, for new documents and for any date. Rates are applied by document date, so an old document keeps the rate that applied when it was issued.

Issue your first Sri Lanka document

Choose Sri Lanka once. The tax, the document names, the numbering, the date order and the currency format are configured together, and it costs nothing.

Free forever for businesses Vytvořit první fakturu

This page describes what DocsOrigin does with the registry entry for Sri Lanka. It is not tax advice, and it is not a statement of Sri Lanka law. Confirm your obligations with your accountant or the tax authority. Registry data as of ⁨2026-08⁩.