Free for you. Always.
You only ever pay your CA firm's professional fee — billed by them, directly to you. No platform fees, no markups, no middleman.
No platform fee, ever
Use the full platform to organise your income, deductions, and supporting documents — then send a clean, ready-to-review file to a CA firm of your choice. You pay the CA firm directly for their professional review and IRD lodgement.
- ✓ Free guided tax-file builder (Sinhala & English)
- ✓ Upload payslips, FD certs, rental records — all in one place
- ✓ Free tax calculator & liability preview
- ✓ Send your file to a partner CA firm with one click
- ✓ Secure storage of your records (PDPA-aligned)
- ✓ No credit card required
Sounds too good to be true? Here's the catch — there isn't one.
We get this question a lot. Free products usually mean you're the product. LankanTax works differently — and we'd rather show you the money flow than ask you to take it on faith.
CA firms pay for the platform
CA firms subscribe to LankanTax to manage clients, review files, and lodge with IRD at scale. That subscription is what funds the product — so individuals don't need to.
Firms get a workflow tool plus a steady pipeline of well-prepared clients. Both sides win without you paying a platform fee.
We never touch your CA fee
The fee your CA firm charges is set by them and paid directly to them. LankanTax takes no cut, adds no markup, and processes none of that money.
That means we have no incentive to push the fee up — and you'll always see a quote before any work begins.
Free isn't a launch promo
The boring 80% of tax season — collecting payslips, sorting receipts, redoing calculations — is exactly the part software is good at. Charging individuals for that adds friction without adding value.
No premium tier. No paywall. No "we'll start charging next year." The model is the model.
Still skeptical? Fair — we’d rather earn your trust than ask for it. The next section shows exactly how money moves between you, LankanTax, and your CA firm.
One bill. From your CA. That's it.
LankanTax doesn't take a cut, doesn't add a markup, and doesn't sit between you and the CA firm.
Organise your tax file
- Add income, deductions, documents
- Preview your liability with the calculator
- Send the finished file to a CA in one click
Reviews & lodges with IRD
- Quotes you a fee — you agree before any work starts
- Reviews your return for accuracy and compliance
- Files with IRD on your behalf and signs off
Indicative fees from partner CA firms
Most individuals pay between Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 30,000 for professional review and IRD lodgement.
Single-employer payslip
- One PAYE-deducted salary
- Bank interest & standard deductions
- Professional review & IRD lodgement
Salary + rental or interest
- Salary plus rental, FD, or share income
- Multiple income schedules reconciled
- Professional review & IRD lodgement
Multiple sources or foreign income
- Share trading, capital gains, or foreign income
- Sole-trader or freelance income schedules
- Professional review & IRD lodgement
The questions individuals actually ask
Yes. If you're an individual using LankanTax to prepare your tax file and send it to a CA firm, the platform is free — no signup fee, no per-filing fee, no premium tier locked behind a paywall. The only money you'll spend is the professional fee your CA firm charges for reviewing and lodging your return. That fee is set by the firm and paid directly to them — LankanTax never sees it.
CA firms pay a subscription to use LankanTax as their practice-management platform — to receive client files, review returns, manage their team, and lodge to IRD at scale. That's where our revenue comes from.
That's between you and the firm. Each partner CA firm sets their own fees based on the complexity of your return — a salaried employee with a single payslip will cost less than a return with rental income, share trading, and foreign earnings. When you send your file through LankanTax, the firm will reply with a clear quote before they start work. You're never billed without agreeing to a price first.
No. Zero. The fee you pay your CA firm goes entirely to your CA firm. We don't take a referral fee, a transaction fee, or a markup. Our revenue comes only from CA firms' subscriptions to the platform.
You can use the LankanTax file builder, calculator, and document storage entirely on your own — for free, with no obligation to send anything to a CA firm. Many people use it just to keep their records organised. When it's time to actually lodge with the IRD, that part needs a qualified CA on our platform — that's how we keep returns accurate and compliant.
Free for individuals isn't a launch promo — it's how the product is designed. CA firms pay for the platform; you don't. We have no plans to charge individuals for the core file-building, calculator, or send-to-CA features.
Even better. Your firm can send you a secure link to add your details and documents straight into their workspace — saves you re-uploading anything later, and your fee is whatever your firm normally charges. The platform stays free for you.
Yes. Your records are encrypted at rest and in transit, kept in your own personal workspace, and only shared with a CA firm when you choose to send your file. We don't sell data, we don't run ads, and we don't use your information to train AI models. We're aligned with Sri Lanka's Personal Data Protection Act.
Filing without LankanTax vs. with it
The boring 80% — chasing payslips, sorting receipts, redoing calculations — is where most of the cost (and stress) of tax season lives. We make that part free.
Built with CA firms. Free for you.
Set up your workspace in two minutes. Build your file in your own time, in Sinhala or English. Send it to a partner firm only when you're ready.
No credit card. Nothing to cancel. The platform stays free for individuals — that’s how it’s designed.