“Everyone has to pay tax as compulsory. The minister made the comment while addressing a seminar on “Payroll Tax and Tax Net Expansion” at Officers Club in Dhaka. About the payroll tax, Muhith said: “Contribution of payroll tax is 30% in different countries, but it is only 4%-5% in Bangladesh. It is only 12 lakh who are paying tax, but people with capacity of paying income tax are much higher in the country,” he said. Speaking at the seminar, Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh Masud Ahmed said income tax is a progressive taxation system and it is a legal liability of people with taxable income to pay tax.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 07, 2016 20:37 UTC