The Budget estimate for direct tax collection at Rs 14.20 lakh crore in this fiscal, higher than Rs 14.10 lakh crore in FY22. Tax on corporate and individual income makes up for direct taxes.
The government is likely to bring some changes in its budget proposals, including enabling one of its three offers at legalising laundered money to require even lesser tax payments.
Laptop price hike: Laptop users in Bangladesh are set for a bigger hit as the imposition of a 15 percent value-added tax at the import stage of the essential digital device would lift the Laptop prices further.
The proposed national budget has not safeguarded the country's middle class, which is facing a three-pronged challenge of a discriminatory domestic economy, spiralling product prices in international markets and ongoing floods, said economist Debapriya Bhattacharya yesterday.