TIN Rule for Revenue Licences Scrapped After Just 3 Days — Was It Ever Needed?

From November 1, a TIN certificate became compulsory to renew your vehicle revenue licence or open a bank account. By November 3-4, the Finance Ministry quietly walked it back, saying licences can now be renewed without a TIN while officials sort the registrations out behind the scenes. Three days of long queues at IRD offices and people missing renewal dates, for a rule that didn't survive a week. One side says this shows the state pushing tax-net rules live without testing the systems that have to carry them, and ordinary vehicle owners paid in wasted mornings and stress. The other side says pausing fast and fixing it beats forcing millions through a broken process, and the TIN requirement isn't gone, just delayed until it actually works. Did you get caught in the queue trying to get a TIN before November 1, or did you just skip it and wait this out? And if you already got one for nothing, do you feel cheated or just ahead of the game for whenever this comes back? ඔයාගේ වාහන බලපත්‍රය දීර්ඝ කරන්න TIN ඕන කියලා ගියාද, එහෙම නැත්නම් ඒක නැතුවම කළාද?