Kamal vows to bring all eligible taxpayers under tax net

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today vowed to bring all eligible taxpayers under the tax net.

"A culture has been established in our revenue domain for a long time; that is, those who pay taxes to the government, only continue to do so every year. Others, despite having taxable income, continue to evade payment of taxes," he said.

"We also want to get out of this bad culture. All eligible taxpayers will be brought under the tax net," he said.

He said there are 4 crore people in our country who are included in the middle-income group. However, the number of taxpayers is only 21-22 lakh.

"We will take the number to one crore at the earliest possible time InshaAllah. And as part of the ongoing process, efforts to bring the rest of the citizens under the tax net will continue," he said.