Foreign Remittance
Today I am going to discuss about foreign remittance which is a very important issue in Bangladesh . A lot of Bangladeshies live in different parts of the world. They earn and send foreign currency . But the problem they face at the time of assessment whether the currency sent by them is exempted from tax or not .
Foreign remittance exempted from tax
As per S.R.O. No. 216-Law/ Income tax/2004 dated
13/07/2004 foreign income of a Bangladeshi national , irrespective of resident
or non-resident, is exempt from payment of tax if it comes through official
channel.
Is every type of foreign income remittance?
If any person receives any amount of foreign currency in Bangladesh for his activities ( service ) with that country ,it will not be treated as remittance. For example , income from working in internet is not remittance .
It is to be noted that remit means send . If a person does not send / remit currency through banking channel from a foreign country it cannot be remittance.
Declaration at the air/ sea port
When a person comes from a foreign country he has to declare the currency he has with him before the customs at the air or sea port . It is to be shown as income in his return.
If tax paid by a resident
Bangladeshi in a foreign country without tax treaty-
clearance certificate:-
If any resident assessee ( tax payer) wants to prove
to the satisfaction of the DCT that he has paid tax at foreign country with
which there is no reciprocal tax treaty with Bangladesh , he has to show
clearance certificate from that country
manners of paying tax to that country:-
by deduction or
otherwise on any income which has accrued or arisen to him outside Bangladesh
how to calculate tax in Bangladesh:-
tax payable by the
assessee (tax payer) _ a sum equal to the tax
in Bangladesh
calculation on such income
(doubly
taxed) at the average rate
of tax of Bangladesh or the average rate of tax of the foreign country
whichever
is less.
Business between resident and non resident
Business may be
carried on between a resident and a non resident .The course of business may be
so arranged that the resident makes either no profit or profits less than the
ordinary profit in that business. Such an arrangement might deprive Bangladesh
Govt. from tax. In such cases the resident may be charged in respect of the
profits which he has not in fact made but which he might reasonably be
considered to have made i. e on accrual
basis. (sec.104).
D CT will determine amount of income.
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ReplyDeleteA remittance is a transfer of money by a foreign worker to
ReplyDeletehis or her home country. Remittance can also refer to
the accounting concept of a monetary payment transferred by
a customer to a business A person who was exiled and has sent money to his or her home country, called remittance.
It is not clear to me. Is remittance taxable? Do the remittance sent by migrant labours needs to be taxed?
ReplyDeleteAs per S.R.O. No. 216-Law/ Income tax/2004 dated 13/07/2004 foreign income of a Bangladeshi national , irrespective of resident or non-resident, is exempt from payment of tax if it comes through official channel.
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