BGMEA称赞预算中的减税，寻求更多优惠
BGMEA hails tax cuts in Budget, seeks more concessions
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Md. Siddiqur Rahman thanked the government for keeping some industry-friendly provisions in the budget proposal like tax-free import of pre-fabricated materials and capital machinery.
But at a media briefing in
Rahman urged the government to keep the source tax like that of the 2014-15 fiscal which was 0.3 per cent and keep the corporate tax for garment industry at 10 per cent as it was.
“The government envisions to secure 8 per cent GDP growth to earn the middle-income country status which will be only be possible if the readymade garment industry grow because its contribution to national GDP is about 13 per cent”, he added.
BGMEA also requested the government to earmark at least Tk 5000 crore as incentives for the RMG industry for ensuring its smooth growth.
Earlier on Thursday, Finance Minister Abdul Muhith in his budget speech proposed to reduce corporate tax to 20 per cent from the existing 35 per cent for the country's export-oriented readymade garment industry.
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BGMEA称赞预算中的减税，寻求更多优惠
孟加拉服装制造商和出口商协会(BGMEA)主席Md. Siddiqur Rahman感谢政府在预算中保留一些对行业友好的规定，比如免税进口预制材料和资金机械。
但在达卡的一个新闻发布会上,他对预算提案中将服装行业的税率从0.6%增加至1.5%表示惊讶。
Rahman敦促政府保持2014-2015财年0.3%的税源，并保持服装行业的10%的企业所得税。
“政府设想获得8%的GDP增长来成为中等收入国家的地位，只有可能如果成衣服装行业有所成长,因为它对国家GDP的贡献约为13%”,他补充道。
BGMEA还要求政府拨款至少500亿卢比来激励RMG行业,以确保其顺利发展。
早在周四,财政部长Abdul Muhith在他的预算演说中提出了将出口导向型成衣服装行业的企业所得税从现有的35%的。