Economic Reporter :
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Wednesday said country’s income tax collection was doubled in the last fiscal year at Taka 63,782 crore compared four years back.
“The income tax collection by June 2013 was Taka 37,710 crore while it was doubled at Taka 63,782 crore in June 2017,” said the minister while responding to a query placed by treasury bench lawmaker M Israfil Alam of Naogaon-6 at the House.
In 2013, the minister said the number of country’s registered tax payers are nearly 12 lakh and it stood at 33 lakh in January 2018, adding that “The number of tax payers had not only increased in the country but also the ability to pay the tax increased.”
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Wednesday said country’s income tax collection was doubled in the last fiscal year at Taka 63,782 crore compared four years back.
“The income tax collection by June 2013 was Taka 37,710 crore while it was doubled at Taka 63,782 crore in June 2017,” said the minister while responding to a query placed by treasury bench lawmaker M Israfil Alam of Naogaon-6 at the House.
In 2013, the minister said the number of country’s registered tax payers are nearly 12 lakh and it stood at 33 lakh in January 2018, adding that “The number of tax payers had not only increased in the country but also the ability to pay the tax increased.”
