Muhith for tax on everyone’s income
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on September 12, 2016 says the government is planning to bring those who earn Tk 16,000 or more a month under the tax net from the next fiscal year. Star file photo
No matter what the amount is, everyone with an income should pay tax, Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposed today.
"Whatever the amount is, Tk 5 or 10, a person having an income should pay tax on a compulsory basis," Muhith said at a seminar at Officers' Club, Dhaka in the morning.
He was thinking about this idea for a long time, the finance ministers added.
He was addressing the seminar on National Board of Revenue (NBR) Payroll Tax and Tax Net Expansion as a chief guest.
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