Economic Reporter :
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal Sunday reiterated that the new VAT law would come into effect from the first of July in the next fiscal year with three different VAT rates. “We’ll implement the VAT law from first of July and there is likely to be 3 different VAT rates -5 percent, 7.5 percent and 10 percent,” he said. The Finance Minister said this while giving his introductory remarks at a view exchange meeting with the private sector regarding VAT and other contemporary issues held at the NEC-2 Conference Room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area this afternoon.
PM’s Adviser on Private Industry and Investment Salman F Rahman, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md Mosharraf Hussain Bhuiyan, Finance Secretary Abdur Rouf Talukder, FBCCI President Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin, FBCCI Senior Vice President Sheikh Fazle Fahim and other business leaders were present.
After the meeting, Kamal told reporters that the business community has agreed in principle about the three new VAT rates. Kamal also informed that the budget for the next fiscal year would be placed in parliament on June 13.
He said that in the next budget, there would be no such thing which would affect the businessmen.
NBR Chairman Md Mosharraf Hussain Bhuiyan said that the VAT exemption threshold would be raised from the present Taka 36 lakh while the turnover tax would be more rationalized so that the business community feel more encouraged to pay VAT.
Earlier in his introductory speech, Kamal mentioned that the government does not want to make any delay regarding implementation of the new VAT law, adding the government rather wants to implement the new VAT law taking alongside the businessmen and the concerned stakeholders. He assured the businessmen that the government would implement the VAT law in a transparent way without harassing them. The Finance Minister said initially some 50,000 Electronic Fiscal Devices would be launched to collect VAT while one revenue officer would be engaged for every 10 machines to properly monitor the collection of VAT. He said gradually VAT would be imposed on the capable establishments in all the growth centres across the country, especially on those business houses who have capacity to pay VAT.
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal Sunday reiterated that the new VAT law would come into effect from the first of July in the next fiscal year with three different VAT rates. “We’ll implement the VAT law from first of July and there is likely to be 3 different VAT rates -5 percent, 7.5 percent and 10 percent,” he said. The Finance Minister said this while giving his introductory remarks at a view exchange meeting with the private sector regarding VAT and other contemporary issues held at the NEC-2 Conference Room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area this afternoon.
PM’s Adviser on Private Industry and Investment Salman F Rahman, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md Mosharraf Hussain Bhuiyan, Finance Secretary Abdur Rouf Talukder, FBCCI President Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin, FBCCI Senior Vice President Sheikh Fazle Fahim and other business leaders were present.
After the meeting, Kamal told reporters that the business community has agreed in principle about the three new VAT rates. Kamal also informed that the budget for the next fiscal year would be placed in parliament on June 13.
He said that in the next budget, there would be no such thing which would affect the businessmen.
NBR Chairman Md Mosharraf Hussain Bhuiyan said that the VAT exemption threshold would be raised from the present Taka 36 lakh while the turnover tax would be more rationalized so that the business community feel more encouraged to pay VAT.
Earlier in his introductory speech, Kamal mentioned that the government does not want to make any delay regarding implementation of the new VAT law, adding the government rather wants to implement the new VAT law taking alongside the businessmen and the concerned stakeholders. He assured the businessmen that the government would implement the VAT law in a transparent way without harassing them. The Finance Minister said initially some 50,000 Electronic Fiscal Devices would be launched to collect VAT while one revenue officer would be engaged for every 10 machines to properly monitor the collection of VAT. He said gradually VAT would be imposed on the capable establishments in all the growth centres across the country, especially on those business houses who have capacity to pay VAT.
