Published: June 09, 2022 18:17:00 | Updated: June 09, 2022 18:37:34
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People will have to pay more for buying mobile handsets as Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has proposed withdrawing a 5.0 per cent VAT exemption of mobile phone sets.
Mustafa Kamal proposed the VAT exemption while presenting the Tk 6.78 trillion national budget for the financial year 2022-2023 at parliament on Thursday, reports UNB.
“I propose to withdraw the existing 5.0 per cent VAT exemption at the trading stage of mobile phone sets,” he said.
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