Desk Report
Publish: 09 Feb 2022, 11:55 pm
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Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) leaders
today urged the government to set the corporate tax rates in Bangladesh in line
with regional competitor countries.
The MCCI leaders made the call at a pre-budget discussion with
the officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) at the tax administration
office in Dhaka.
NBR Chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem presided over the
meeting.
While placing a budget proposal for fiscal 2022-23, MCCI
President Md Saiful Islam said although the government has been reducing corporate
tax rates over the past two years it is still higher than the neighbouring
countries.
He also said that expenses and tax dedication at source are
so high that the businesses cannot enjoy the benefit of a 5 per cent reduction of
corporate tax.
"Here (in Bangladesh) disallowed expenditure as well as
tax deduction at source (TDS) is so high that traders are not receiving the
benefits of the 5 percent tax cut. In the case of public limited companies, the
corporate tax rate is 22.5percent, but in some cases it ranges from 40-50
percent," he added.
The NBR chairman observed that there were still valid
reasons to reduce the current corporate tax rate.
However, he said that such a decision could not be taken
considering the risks surrounding revenue collection.
The government is giving top priority to industrialization
and trade facilitation in adopting any tax policy, he added.
The MCCI leaders made several proposals and suggestions on
the existing structure of income tax, VAT and other duties.
Apart from MCCI leaders, senior NBR officials were also
present at the programme.
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