Ice cream, carbonated Beverage, mobile phone SIM card are among the items to becoming following the announcement of new tax measures in the proposed budget for the financial year 2024-2025 on Thursday
Finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Thursday increased supplementary duty or VAT on ice cream, carbonated beverage, cigarette, bidi, SIM card, mango bar, mango juice, pineapple juice, guava juice, tamarind juice, energy saving bulbs, tube light, amusement park and theme Park, mechanical laundry, security service, lottery ticket, non-machine-made normal bricks.
The finance minister also withdrew VAT exemption upon Tour Operator service.