From Tomorrow, No TIN Certificate Means No Revenue Licence — Ready?

From November 1, anyone renewing or getting a vehicle revenue licence on the original Certificate of Registration must show a TIN certificate, under an IRD circular tied to this year's Inland Revenue Amendment Act. Minors, diplomats, and foreign nationals here under 183 days are exempt, but everyone else needs to produce one, hard copy or a screenshot is apparently fine. One side says this is overdue, vehicle ownership is a clean way to widen the tax base and most owners already have a TIN for other reasons anyway, so it's a five-minute formality. The other side points out plenty of retirees, students, and people with informal income never needed a TIN before, and dumping this on them with barely a month's notice just means longer queues and more people turned away from counters that are already stretched thin. Did you get your TIN sorted before today, or are you expecting a mess at the counter this week? If you've already tried renewing under the new rule, what did they actually ask for? ඔයාගේ TIN සහතිකය සූදානම්ද, නැත්නම් මෙයාලා කවුන්ටරේ හිටගෙන ඉඳගෙන ඉන්නවද?