Tax rates 'unlikely to be cut' in next budget

The government would not be able to cut any tax rate in the upcoming budget considering the necessity to increase the tax to GDP ratio.

Rather, the focus would be given to ease of doing business in the next budget.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Abdur Rahman Khan made this statement at the budget consultative committee meeting organised by the NBR and the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) at a city hotel on Wednesday.