Minister Says No TIN Needed for Revenue Licence, RMV Disagrees — So What's True?

From November 1, getting or renewing your revenue licence needed a TIN certificate, part of the wider push to pull more people into the tax net. Then, in a briefing this month, a government minister said out loud that a TIN isn't actually required for a revenue licence or an ownership transfer. RMV and DMT staff reportedly pushed back, saying they go by the official circular, not what a minister says in front of cameras, leaving ordinary people queuing with no clear answer. If you've been turned away, or told two different things at two different counters, that's a real problem for a basic admin task that used to take ten minutes. One side says the rule is the rule, a TIN check stops unregistered income, and officials are right to ignore political statements that aren't backed by a circular. The other side says a minister contradicting his own ministry's paperwork in public proves the policy was rushed and never explained properly to the counters enforcing it. Were you asked for a TIN this month? Did you get a straight answer, or get sent between desks? RMV එකේදී TIN ඉල්ලුවාද? ඇත්ත විදිහට මොකක්ද වුනේ කියලා කියන්න.