

Extract
Condominium units will be subject to VAT with effect from 1st April 2018. However, VAT will not be payable in respect of condominium units where sale agreements have been entered into prior to 1st April 2018.
In Colombo there are mainly container operations:
- Transhipment and domestic;
- General cargo;
- Liquid and dry bulk (refineries, gas terminals – mainly via Shortest Path Bridging MAC (SPBM));
- Bunkering ship repair;
- Ship building;
- Crew changes;
- Ship chandelling and anchorage services; and
- Off-port and in-port bunkering services.
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Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd Getting the Deal Through: Ports & Terminals 2018 , (published in October 2017; contributing editor: Alex Kyriakoulis, HFW) For further information please visit gettingthedealthrough.com