Country tax profile · 2026

Sri Lanka crypto tax
How Sri Lanka taxes crypto
Sri Lanka has no separate crypto tax; personal crypto gains are generally treated like other capital gains or ordinary income (up to 36%), and staking, mining and trading can be classified differently. Confirm your specific case.
Compiled by MyNomadWorld for Sri Lanka and currently being re-verified against primary sources. Confirm with a local adviser before relying on it.
How Sri Lanka compares
57 of 197 countries we track have no tax on personal crypto gains (no capital gains tax). Sri Lanka is not one of them.
Who is a tax resident of Sri Lanka?
Physical presence in Sri Lanka for 183 days or more in a year of assessment (1 April - 31 March)
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What is the crypto tax rate in Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka has no separate crypto tax; personal crypto gains are generally treated like other capital gains or ordinary income (up to 36%), and staking, mining and trading can be classified differently. Confirm your specific case.