孟加拉国修正服装的从源课税下降至0.7%

 

Bangladesh revises tax at source on RMG down to 0.7%

Following requests made by trade bodies, the Bangladesh government has revised tax at source for exports of readymade garments (RMG) to 0.7 per cent, down from 1.5 per cent proposed in the Budget for 2016-17 by finance minister AMA Muhith.

The decision came after prime minister Sheikh Hasina's speech in the House during discussion on the budget proposal. “Apparel businesses have requested a cut in the tax at source. I propose it to revise to 0.7 percent in an attempt continue the uptrend in export incomes,” Hasina said.

At a media briefing in Dhaka post Budget presentation earlier this month, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Md. Siddiqur Rahman had expressed surprise on the budget proposal of increasing source tax from 0.6 per cent to 1.5 per cent for the RMG industry.

He had 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 Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) and the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) had also opposed the government proposal to hike source tax on export revenue and demanded reduction of the rate to a rational one to encourage investment and retain competitiveness.

The proposed 150 per cent hike in source tax came at a time when export-oriented spinning and weaving mills are making neither profit nor loss while profitability of some others ranges between 3 per cent and 5 per cent, Tapan Chowdhury, president of BTMA, had said.

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孟加拉国修正服装的从源课税下降至0.7%

在贸易团体请求之后,孟加拉国政府修订出口成衣(RMG)的从源课税为0.7%,低于由财政部长AMA Muhith在2016-2017预算中提议的1.5%。

该决定是在总理谢赫•哈西娜(Sheikh Hasina)在众议院讨论预算提案的演讲后做出的。“服装企业要求削减从源课税。我建议修改到0.7%，试图维持继续上升的出口收入，”哈西娜表示。

本月早些时候，孟加拉国服装制造商和出口商协会(BGMEA)总统在达卡举行的一次媒体吹风会上发布预算报告。Siddiqur Rahman对预算提议将服装行业的税率从0.6%增至1.5%表示惊讶。

他敦促政府保持2014-2015年度0.3%的来源税，并保持服装行业的企业所得税为10%。

孟加拉国纺织厂协会(BTMA)和孟加拉国针织品制造商和出口商协会(BKMEA)也反对政府提议提高出口征税收入来源,要求减少至合理范围来鼓励投资和保持竞争力。

被提议的150%调高税收来源时,出口型纺织工厂既不盈利也不亏损,而其他的盈利能力范围在3%和5%之间,BTMA总统Tapan Chowdhury说。