Land Betterment Charges Law. Country/Territory Sri Lanka Document type Legislation Date 1976 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleA Law to provide for the levy of betterment charges on lands within areas where the value of land has increased as a result of the construction within those areas of certain development projects , financed in whole or in part by the State, and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Subject Land & soil Keyword Agricultural land Land valuation Tax/levy Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract The Law provides for the application of taxes on lands on which have been carried out interventions financed wholly or partly by State funds (road building, water or electricity supplies, etc. etc.) that improved them. The rate tenants or owners have to pay is calculated as 50% of market value increase for that parcel of land. Full text English