The claim
Thirty-six crore rupees went missing from the Inland Revenue Department (an old 2023 report recirculated as recent news).
Original review summary
The claim recirculated a report about 36 crores allegedly missing from the Inland Revenue Department as a recent incident, but the report dated to April 4, 2023. The review says the department’s Commissioner General confirmed there had been no recent incident of this kind, while official collection figures also differed from those cited in the claim.[S1]
Additional context
The review notes that the official Q1 2023 collection total did not match the figures in the claim or the original Mawbima report. [S1]
Research date:
Sources and attribution
- [S1] Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka original review
Original review · Retrieved October 15, 2026