Dhaka, June 2 -- Any taxpayer who passes the non-taxable income threshold will have to pay a minimum of Tk 5,000 in income tax. However, new taxpayers will be allowed to pay a minimum of Tk 1,000.

Finance Advisor Salehuddin Ahmed presented the proposed budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year in a speech broadcast by state-run BTV on monday.

Currently, the minimum tax rate for taxpayers living in the Dhaka North, Dhaka South, and Chattogram city corporations is Tk 5,000. The amount is Tk 4,000 for other city corporations, and Tk 3,000 for non-city corporation areas.

Outside these areas, taxpayers pay a minimum tax of Tk 3,000.

The new budget proposes a Tk 5,000 minimum income tax for taxpayers in all areas.

The minimum income tax threshold...