Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2018-07-24

Exemption of cost for the Health Care Services from the Value Added Tax (VAT)

- The Value Added Tax (VAT) was imposed on the provision of Health Care Services such as Consultation fees, hospital room charges, Chanelling fees and payments to the medical professional by the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act, No.20 of 2016 and it was decided to remove the VAT on other Health Care Services except the hospital room charges with effect from 2018‑07‑02. As such, the proposal made by Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, the Minister of Finance and Mass Media, to present the Gazette Extraordinary Notification No.2078/6 dated 2018‑07‑02 issued for the purpose in Parliament, under the provisions of the Value Added Tax Act, No.14 of 2002, was approved by the Cabinet.