Forty million people in country should pay tax: Finance Minister

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Published : 12:52, Nov 13, 2018 | Updated : 12:52, Nov 13, 2018

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith was delivering his speech at the inauguration event of a week-long Income Tax Fair-2018 at the Officers Club in Dhaka on Tuesday (Nov 13) morning.Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said that 40 million people in the country should pay tax.
“Around 3 million citizens of the country are paying tax but the payer figure should be 40 million," said the octogenarian minister at the inauguration event of a week-long Income Tax Fair-2018 at the Officers Club in Dhaka on Tuesday morning.
People gathered in the first day of Income Tax Fair-2018 at the Officers Club in Dhaka on Tuesday morning.State minister for finance, MA Mannan, also gave his speech at the programme presided over by National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman, Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan.
At the event, NBR chairman, Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, said, “Tax GDP ratio is now 10 percent, which must be increased to 15 percent in the next few years.”
The fair will be open from 8am to 5pm till Nov 19.

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