বর্তমানে পুঁজিবাজারে তালিকাভুক্ত নয় এমন বাণিজ্যিক প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলোকে সাড়ে ৩৭ শতাংশ হারে প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক আয়কর দিতে হয়।
এফবিসিসিআইয়ের তালিকাভুক্ত নয় এমন প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলোর ক্ষেত্রে বিদ্যমান আয়করের হার কমিয়ে প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলোকে দুই ভাগে ভাগ করে করের হার প্রস্তাব করা হয়েছে। এফবিসিসিআইয়ের সুপারিশ হলো, উৎপাদনকারী বা ম্যানুফ্যাকচারিং প্রতিষ্ঠানের ক্ষেত্রে প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক আয়কর সাড়ে ২৭ শতাংশ আর এর বাইরের তথা কাববারি বা ট্রেডিং প্রতিষ্ঠানের ক্ষেত্রে আয়করের হার ৩০ শতাংশ নির্ধারণ করতে হবে।
আবার পুঁজিবাজারে তালিকাভুক্ত প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলোকে বর্তমানে সাড়ে ২৭ শতাংশ হারে প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক আয়কর দিতে হয়। এফবিসিসিআই এই হার কমিয়ে ২৫ শতাংশে নির্ধারণের সুপারিশ করেছে।
আর ঢাকা চেম্বার তাদের প্রস্তাবে বলেছে, শেয়ারবাজারে তালিকাভুক্ত কোম্পানির মুনাফার ওপর করের হার কমিয়ে ২০ শতাংশ করতে হবে।
আবার ব্যাংক, বিমা, আর্থিক প্রতিষ্ঠান ও মোবাইল ফোন কোম্পানিগুলোর জন্য প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক আয়করের হার আলাদা। বর্তমানে ব্যাংক, বিমা ও আর্থিক প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলোকে সাড়ে ৪২ শতাংশ হারে প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক আয়কর গুনতে হয়। ঢাকা চেম্বার এই হার ৪০ শতাংশে নামিয়ে আনার প্রস্তাব করেছে।
এ ছাড়া মোবাইল ফোন প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলোকে ৪৫ শতাংশ হারে আয়কর দিতে হয়। ঢাকা চেম্বার এই হার কমিয়ে সাড়ে ৪২ শতাংশ নির্ধারণের পক্ষে।
ঢাকা চেম্বার আরও মনে করে, যেসব প্রতিষ্ঠান পুঁজিবাজারে তালিকাভুক্ত হবে, সেসব প্রতিষ্ঠানের আয়করের হার ৩৫ শতাংশ থেকে কমিয়ে সাড়ে ৩২ শতাংশ করা যেতে পারে। তবে শর্ত হিসেবে শেয়ার ছাড়ার ক্ষেত্রে পরিশোধিত মূলধনের ১০ শতাংশের বদলে ২০ শতাংশ পুনর্নির্ধারণেরও প্রস্তাব করেছে সংগঠনটি।
The ministry of finance (MoF) has decided to remove the Chairman and all other members of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) immediately for their alleged involvement in the recent share market scam, a top official in the MoF said.
As an immediate measure, the MoF has finalised a 13-point action plan including showing the top officials of the securities regulator the exit path, changing the face value of all shares to a uniform level -- Tk 10 each, and imposing restrictions on short-term trading in shares in the stock exchanges by all government officials, bankers and others employed by merchant bankers and broker-dealers.
The probe committee, headed by Bangladesh Krishi Bank Chairman Khondker Ibrahim Khaled, in its report recommended to 'sack' SEC Chairman Md Ziaul Haque Khondker and two executive directors -- Anwarul Kabir Bhuiyan and Tariquzzaman -- and to reorganise effectively the regulatory body, besides underscoring the need for initiating investigations against the erring functionaries of the SEC.
In its action plan, the MoF has also endorsed the recommendation of the probe committee for investigation into the alleged "irregularities", committed by some SEC key personnel.
Earlier, the government, before getting the probe committee report, had removed SEC Member Mansur Alam and made its executive director Anwarul Kabir Bhuiyan an Officer on Special Duty (OSD).
All the SEC members, along with SEC Chairman, will be removed immediately after the approval of the MoF's decision at the highest level of the government, the sources confirmed it to this correspondent.
The MoF has already suspended Anwarul Kabur Bhuiyan from services with the SEC and also general manager of House Building Finance Corporation Kafil Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury who was earlier the deputy general manager of the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) for their alleged dubious role in the stock market scam. Departmental cases have also been started against them.
Besides, another executive director of the SEC, Tariquzzaman has been made an OSD, following the initiation of a departmental case against him, the sources said.
The MoF has also decided to probe into the whole length of possible involvement of any other employee and official of the SEC and Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) in the recent share market scam, the sources added.
However, no action has yet been taken against the Chief Executive Officer of AB Investment ltd, RY Shams, whose name came out in the report of the probe committee for allegedly managing private placement of shares in his favour, defying the securities exchange rules, the sources told this correspondent.
In line with the recommendation of probe committee, the ministry will ask the SEC for undertaking a move for synchronising the face value of each share at Tk 10 immediately.
Presently, the shares of over 70 listed companies of Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges have their face value fixed at Tk 100.
The probe report suggested the conversion of the face values of shares of all the listed companies to a uniform rate of Tk 10 by this year.
According to the MoF's decision, the appointment process of the SEC's top officials, including its chairman, will be completed immediately; demutualisation of stock exchanges will be implemented within the next three months, a Study Team will be formed shortly to identify loopholes of the DSE and the SEC and a Joint Inspection team, comprising representatives from the SEC, the DSE, Bangladesh Bank and Detective Branch of Police, will be formed to identify irregularities in the share market.
Besides, an implementation monitoring committee, headed by the Secretary, Banking & Financial Institution Division of the MoF, will be set up to oversee the implementation status of the action plan for streamlining the whole range of activities in the country's capital market.
The officials, employed in government, semi-government and autonomous offices, will be permitted to invest in the share market but will be barred from trading (short-term) and getting private placements, the MoF decided in its action plan.
Earlier, the BB, in its written response to the MoF on the report on the share market scam, endorsed largely the views and findings of the four-member probe committee, while supporting the need for taking appropriate follow-up actions by the authorities concerned on the basis of the report.
Officials employed in the Bangladesh Bank (BB), scheduled banks, merchant banks, broker-dealer companies and asset management companies would not also be allowed to involve themselves in any kind of share trading, according to the action plan of the MoF.
The ministry has also decided to make it mandatory for appointing a chartered accountant firm for the asset-revaluation purpose of any listed company.
Besides, as suggested by probe report, the ministry decided it that the submission of Taxpayer's Identification Number (TIN) would be mandatory for anyone while opening a Beneficiary Owner's (BO) account.
As far as actions against alleged manipulators, as mentioned by the probe committee in its report, are concerned, the MoF has decided, as an immediate step, to take legal action against three individuals for serial trading of Eastern Housing Ltd., the sources said.
"Punitive and other measures against individuals and companies against whom allegations were noted in the report of the probe committee, will follow under both short- and medium-term action plans," a top MoF official told the .
এফবিসিসিআইয়ের তালিকাভুক্ত নয় এমন প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলোর ক্ষেত্রে বিদ্যমান আয়করের হার কমিয়ে প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলোকে দুই ভাগে ভাগ করে করের হার প্রস্তাব করা হয়েছে। এফবিসিসিআইয়ের সুপারিশ হলো, উৎপাদনকারী বা ম্যানুফ্যাকচারিং প্রতিষ্ঠানের ক্ষেত্রে প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক আয়কর সাড়ে ২৭ শতাংশ আর এর বাইরের তথা কাববারি বা ট্রেডিং প্রতিষ্ঠানের ক্ষেত্রে আয়করের হার ৩০ শতাংশ নির্ধারণ করতে হবে।
আবার পুঁজিবাজারে তালিকাভুক্ত প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলোকে বর্তমানে সাড়ে ২৭ শতাংশ হারে প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক আয়কর দিতে হয়। এফবিসিসিআই এই হার কমিয়ে ২৫ শতাংশে নির্ধারণের সুপারিশ করেছে।
আর ঢাকা চেম্বার তাদের প্রস্তাবে বলেছে, শেয়ারবাজারে তালিকাভুক্ত কোম্পানির মুনাফার ওপর করের হার কমিয়ে ২০ শতাংশ করতে হবে।
আবার ব্যাংক, বিমা, আর্থিক প্রতিষ্ঠান ও মোবাইল ফোন কোম্পানিগুলোর জন্য প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক আয়করের হার আলাদা। বর্তমানে ব্যাংক, বিমা ও আর্থিক প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলোকে সাড়ে ৪২ শতাংশ হারে প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক আয়কর গুনতে হয়। ঢাকা চেম্বার এই হার ৪০ শতাংশে নামিয়ে আনার প্রস্তাব করেছে।
এ ছাড়া মোবাইল ফোন প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলোকে ৪৫ শতাংশ হারে আয়কর দিতে হয়। ঢাকা চেম্বার এই হার কমিয়ে সাড়ে ৪২ শতাংশ নির্ধারণের পক্ষে।
ঢাকা চেম্বার আরও মনে করে, যেসব প্রতিষ্ঠান পুঁজিবাজারে তালিকাভুক্ত হবে, সেসব প্রতিষ্ঠানের আয়করের হার ৩৫ শতাংশ থেকে কমিয়ে সাড়ে ৩২ শতাংশ করা যেতে পারে। তবে শর্ত হিসেবে শেয়ার ছাড়ার ক্ষেত্রে পরিশোধিত মূলধনের ১০ শতাংশের বদলে ২০ শতাংশ পুনর্নির্ধারণেরও প্রস্তাব করেছে সংগঠনটি।
The ministry of finance (MoF) has decided to remove the Chairman and all other members of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) immediately for their alleged involvement in the recent share market scam, a top official in the MoF said.
As an immediate measure, the MoF has finalised a 13-point action plan including showing the top officials of the securities regulator the exit path, changing the face value of all shares to a uniform level -- Tk 10 each, and imposing restrictions on short-term trading in shares in the stock exchanges by all government officials, bankers and others employed by merchant bankers and broker-dealers.
The probe committee, headed by Bangladesh Krishi Bank Chairman Khondker Ibrahim Khaled, in its report recommended to 'sack' SEC Chairman Md Ziaul Haque Khondker and two executive directors -- Anwarul Kabir Bhuiyan and Tariquzzaman -- and to reorganise effectively the regulatory body, besides underscoring the need for initiating investigations against the erring functionaries of the SEC.
In its action plan, the MoF has also endorsed the recommendation of the probe committee for investigation into the alleged "irregularities", committed by some SEC key personnel.
Earlier, the government, before getting the probe committee report, had removed SEC Member Mansur Alam and made its executive director Anwarul Kabir Bhuiyan an Officer on Special Duty (OSD).
All the SEC members, along with SEC Chairman, will be removed immediately after the approval of the MoF's decision at the highest level of the government, the sources confirmed it to this correspondent.
The MoF has already suspended Anwarul Kabur Bhuiyan from services with the SEC and also general manager of House Building Finance Corporation Kafil Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury who was earlier the deputy general manager of the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) for their alleged dubious role in the stock market scam. Departmental cases have also been started against them.
Besides, another executive director of the SEC, Tariquzzaman has been made an OSD, following the initiation of a departmental case against him, the sources said.
The MoF has also decided to probe into the whole length of possible involvement of any other employee and official of the SEC and Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) in the recent share market scam, the sources added.
However, no action has yet been taken against the Chief Executive Officer of AB Investment ltd, RY Shams, whose name came out in the report of the probe committee for allegedly managing private placement of shares in his favour, defying the securities exchange rules, the sources told this correspondent.
In line with the recommendation of probe committee, the ministry will ask the SEC for undertaking a move for synchronising the face value of each share at Tk 10 immediately.
Presently, the shares of over 70 listed companies of Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges have their face value fixed at Tk 100.
The probe report suggested the conversion of the face values of shares of all the listed companies to a uniform rate of Tk 10 by this year.
According to the MoF's decision, the appointment process of the SEC's top officials, including its chairman, will be completed immediately; demutualisation of stock exchanges will be implemented within the next three months, a Study Team will be formed shortly to identify loopholes of the DSE and the SEC and a Joint Inspection team, comprising representatives from the SEC, the DSE, Bangladesh Bank and Detective Branch of Police, will be formed to identify irregularities in the share market.
Besides, an implementation monitoring committee, headed by the Secretary, Banking & Financial Institution Division of the MoF, will be set up to oversee the implementation status of the action plan for streamlining the whole range of activities in the country's capital market.
The officials, employed in government, semi-government and autonomous offices, will be permitted to invest in the share market but will be barred from trading (short-term) and getting private placements, the MoF decided in its action plan.
Earlier, the BB, in its written response to the MoF on the report on the share market scam, endorsed largely the views and findings of the four-member probe committee, while supporting the need for taking appropriate follow-up actions by the authorities concerned on the basis of the report.
Officials employed in the Bangladesh Bank (BB), scheduled banks, merchant banks, broker-dealer companies and asset management companies would not also be allowed to involve themselves in any kind of share trading, according to the action plan of the MoF.
The ministry has also decided to make it mandatory for appointing a chartered accountant firm for the asset-revaluation purpose of any listed company.
Besides, as suggested by probe report, the ministry decided it that the submission of Taxpayer's Identification Number (TIN) would be mandatory for anyone while opening a Beneficiary Owner's (BO) account.
As far as actions against alleged manipulators, as mentioned by the probe committee in its report, are concerned, the MoF has decided, as an immediate step, to take legal action against three individuals for serial trading of Eastern Housing Ltd., the sources said.
"Punitive and other measures against individuals and companies against whom allegations were noted in the report of the probe committee, will follow under both short- and medium-term action plans," a top MoF official told the .