- NBR chairman in Bangladesh wants to raise tax-to-GDP ratio for sound macroeconomic situation
- Bangladesh’s tax-to-GDP ratio is 7.3%, lower than neighbouring countries
- NBR to form task-forces to amend laws on customs, income tax, and value-added tax
- Revenue collection target for NBR was high in budget, not done professionally
- Government has been formulating deficit budget for a long time
- 67% of revenue in Bangladesh comes from indirect tax, direct tax collection needs to be raised
- Only 5.2% of total population in Bangladesh is under tax net, compared to 23.08% in India
Source: fibre2fashion.com
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