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Procedure Name

Changing Company Address

Description

Category

Approval

Responsible Agency

Customs Department

Address: Sri Lanka Customs, No. 40, Main Street, Colombo 11, Sri Lanka.

Phone: +94 11 222 1333

Email: enquiries@customs.gov

Legal base of the Procedure

Customs Ordinance

Required Documentation for limited liability companies

No.	Type	Notes
1.	Request letter	Addressed to the Director General of Customs
2.	Form 13	Notice of change of registered address-Obtained from Registrar of Companies
3	VAT certificate	Obtained from Inland Revenue Department (Required only for Permanent VAT Holders)
4	TIN certificate	Obtained from Inland Revenue Department
5	Deed or lease agreement	business premises relevant to the address in the TIN certificate
6.	Billing Proof relevant to the address in the TIN Certificate	Water Bill/Electricity Bill/Sri Lanka Telecom Bill

Required Documentation for Sole-Proprietor & Partnership Companies

No.	Type	Notes
1.	Request letter	Addressed to the Director General of Customs
2.	Business Registration Certificate
3.	Address Confirmation by respective ‘Grama Niladhari’
4.	VAT certificate	Obtained from Inland Revenue Department (Required only for Permanent VAT Holders)
5.	TIN certificate	Obtained from Inland Revenue Department
6.	Deed or lease agreement	business premises relevant to the address in the TIN certificate
7.	Billing Proof relevant to the address in the TIN Certificate	Water Bill/Electricity Bill/Sri Lanka Telecom Bill

Process Steps

Step 1	Hand over Company details and photos of all directors to the customs house agent
Step 2	Uploading the Company details and photos of all directors to Sri Lanka Customs ASYCUDA system
Step 3	Submit original documents with photocopies to Customs for the registration as an Importer or an Exporter

Category

Procedure

The following form/s are used in this procedure

Title	Description	Created Date	Updated Date
Application Form for Taxpayer Registration (For Company)	This is the application form for Taxpayer Registration (For Company)	20-12-2017	28-02-2018
Application Form for Taxpayer Registration (For Individual and Proprietorship)	This is the application form for Taxpayer Registration (For Individual and Proprietorship)	20-12-2017	28-02-2018
Application Form for Taxpayer Registration (For Partnership / Joint Venture / Project)	This is the application form for Taxpayer Registration (For Partnership / Joint Venture / Project)	20-12-2017	28-02-2018
Application for Registration of a Company	This is the application form for Registration of a Company	21-12-2017	05-03-2018
Notice of company’s Change of registered office address	Notice of company’s Change of registered office address under Section 114(2) of the Companies Act No. 7 of 2007	08-01-2018	22-01-2018

This procedure applies to the following measures

Name	Measure Type	Agency	Description	Comments	Legal Document	Validity To	Measure Class
Changing Company Address	General		Company’s Change of registered office address under Section 114(2) of the Companies Act No. 7 of 2007	Company’s Change of registered office address under Section 114(2) of the Companies Act No. 7 of 2007	Customs Ordinance	31-12-9999	Good