UNB, Dhaka :
Shop owners on Saturday demanded keeping the package VAT for small retailers and traders unchanged in the proposed budget for 2015-16fiscal.
The demand came at a press conference organised by Bangladesh Dokan Malik Samity, national association of shop owners, at the Dhaka Reporters Unity in the city.
Among others, Samity president SA Kader Kiron, its secretary general Shah Alam Khandakar and president of Dhaka Metropolitan Shop Owners’ Association Tawfique spoke on the occasion.
Reading out a written statement at the press conference, Tawfique Ehsan said in the proposed budget, the package VAT for the retailers and small traders of Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations has been increased to Tk 14,000 from Tk 11,000 while the package VAT has been increased to Tk 10,000 from Tk 8,000 for other city corporations and Tk 7,200 and Tk 3,600 have been proposed for municipalities and other areas of the country respectively.
Shop owners on Saturday demanded keeping the package VAT for small retailers and traders unchanged in the proposed budget for 2015-16fiscal.
The demand came at a press conference organised by Bangladesh Dokan Malik Samity, national association of shop owners, at the Dhaka Reporters Unity in the city.
Among others, Samity president SA Kader Kiron, its secretary general Shah Alam Khandakar and president of Dhaka Metropolitan Shop Owners’ Association Tawfique spoke on the occasion.
Reading out a written statement at the press conference, Tawfique Ehsan said in the proposed budget, the package VAT for the retailers and small traders of Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations has been increased to Tk 14,000 from Tk 11,000 while the package VAT has been increased to Tk 10,000 from Tk 8,000 for other city corporations and Tk 7,200 and Tk 3,600 have been proposed for municipalities and other areas of the country respectively.
