- Interim government reverses decision to add VAT on 8 items and services
- Supplementary duty on plane tickets for Hajj flights to be withdrawn
- Items with VAT withdrawn or reduced include medicine, restaurants, hotels, automobile workshops, mobile phone services, internet, sweetmeat shops, and clothing
- Statutory Regulatory Order to be issued soon by NBR
- VAT on medicine reduced from 3% to 2.4%
- VAT on mobile internet, talk time, and ISPs to be reduced from 23% to 20%
- 15% VAT on automobile workshops scrapped
- 15% VAT on restaurants reduced to 5%
- Import taxes on e-books scrapped
- VAT on non-AC hotels reduced from 15% to 10%
- VAT on clothing and sweets reduced to 10%
- Supplementary duty on plane tickets for overseas trips to be withdrawn
Source: dhakatribune.com
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