Dhaka June 29, 2025, 12:37 pm
Revenue collection target of Tk 3.0 lakh cr in the proposed budget
The rise in inequality in the society is documented in government papers. The government should take appropriate measures to reduce inequality
After the finance minister placed the Budget proposals before Parliament on Thursday, the NBR issued the SRO, imposing the new VAT. Their tax has now reached 34.2 per cent, while import duty remains at 31.1 per cent.
In the budget speech for the upcoming fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, Finance Minister A M A Muhith shared the plan of launching such a special social protection system. It is aimed at providing the benefits of economic growth to
e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-Cab) has sought tax holiday and cash incentive for a specific time to boost the sector
The government has placed a loan-dependent budget
BUILD, a private think-tank said announcement on reduction of the highest layer of VAT rate will bring positive results to facilitate the growth of Bangladesh economy
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Dhaka, has suggested new avenues of tax collection instead of tax burden for the compliant enterprises
The chamber body expressed its concern over the use of (government's) revenue to meet the deficit of the state-owned enterprises (SoEs) and the public sector commercial banks
It termed the projected revenue unrealistic and pointed out that there is no clear guideline over the source of the funds for implanting the budget.
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has said all targets set in the proposed budget for next fiscal year (2018-19) are achievable.
AMA Muhith said yesterday that his government has prepared the budget after careful analyses and calculations.
5 percent VAT on e-commerce and digital business platforms such as facebook
AMA Muhith set aside an allocation of Tk 30,588 crore for the education ministry and another Tk 22,466 crore for primary and mass education ministry
Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposed to increase the supplementary duty on energy drinks to 35 per cent from the existing 25 per cent considering its “adverse health impacts”
Of the total allocation, Tk 1,193 crore will be spent for the operating purpose and the rest of Tk 305 crore for the development sector
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has proposed to allocate Tk 400 crore in 2018-19 fiscal to support insolvent war-wounded and sick freedom-fighters or their spouses, children or grand-children
Muhith propose some small reforms by imposing a surcharge on individuals who own two motor cars or house property with an aggregate area of 8,000 square feet in a city corporation
Finance Minister AMA Muhith today proposed to borrow Tk 42,029 crore from the banking sources to manage the deficit financing.
The finance minister said that radical reforms to the tax system are necessary because economic globalisation and the rise of information and communication technology have had a significant impact on taxation systems around t