text: However, the tax to gross domestic product (GDP) had fallen to 11.9 percent in 2018 from 12.4 percent a year earlier.
  Weerakoon said this was due to the curb in vehicle imports causing a fall in excise revenues and a few hiccups in the automated Revenue Administration and Management Information System.
  “Alongside more clarity and stability on the tax policy front, after the initial teething problems of an automated system are resolved, the revenue reforms will pay off dividends in the medium to longer term,” she said.