Sri Lanka Company Registration Fee Calculator

The calculator applies the Companies (Fees) Regulations gazetted under Section 481 of the Companies Act No. 7 of 2007. Each form filed with the Department of the Registrar of Companies carries a fixed fee that depends on the entity type and the filing channel (eROC online vs the DRC counter at Battaramulla). The total is the sum of the individual form fees for the forms required by your particular incorporation.

For a Private Limited company — the most common form — incorporation touches five DRC forms:

1. Form 1A — Name reservation. Rs 1,000. Locks your chosen name for three months while you finalise the rest of the paperwork.
2. Form 1 — Application for incorporation. Rs 4,940 online or Rs 5,750 at the counter. Lists the registered office, share structure, initial directors and shareholders.
3. Form 18 — Consent and certificate of director. Rs 2,000 per director. Each appointed director signs and files their own Form 18.
4. Form 19 — Consent and certificate of secretary. Rs 2,000. The company secretary acknowledges their statutory role under Section 220 of the Companies Act.
5. Articles of Association. Rs 4,000. The constitutional document the DRC keeps on file.

Public Limited companies and Offshore companies carry higher Form 1 and Articles fees (Rs 9,000 / Rs 8,000 and Rs 25,000 / Rs 10,000 respectively for online filing). Overseas branches file Form 44 in place of Form 1 (Rs 12,000 online / Rs 15,000 counter) and do not file individual director or secretary consents — those are handled by the parent company in its home jurisdiction.

Annual return filings (Form 15, Rs 4,000) are recurring — every company must file one within 30 days of every Annual General Meeting under Section 79. The first annual return falls due roughly 15 months after incorporation and is the most-missed compliance step for new founders.

Share-certificate stamp duty is calculated and shown separately. It is paid to the Inland Revenue Department (not the DRC) when share certificates are physically issued to founders, under the Stamp Duty (Special Provisions) Act No. 12 of 2006. The rate is roughly 0.5 % of the share certificate value, so Rs 100,000 of allotted shares incurs about Rs 500.

The calculator runs two independent derivations of the total — one form-by-form, one by summing the underlying fee schedule directly — and shows a "verified" badge only when both agree to the rupee.

• Department of the Registrar of Companies — official site & Schedule of Fees
• eROC online filing portal (current fee schedule)
• Companies Act No. 7 of 2007 — full statute (DRC mirror)
• Inland Revenue Department — Stamp Duty (Special Provisions) Act No. 12 of 2006

DRC fees were last cross-checked against the official schedule on 2026-05-16. The Companies (Fees) Regulations made under Section 481 of the Companies Act can be amended by gazette without notice — always confirm the current fee at drc.gov.lk before lodging a filing.