Amazon pays Tk52.97 lakh in VAT to Bangladesh
Economy
12 August, 2021, 08:25 pm
Last modified: 13 August, 2021, 08:55 am
File Photo: The logo of Amazon. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
Following Google and Facebook's steps, American multinational tech company Amazon has recently paid Tk52.97 lakh in value added tax (VAT) to Bangladesh for the first time.
"Amazon paid the VAT against its web services worth Tk3.52 crore," said Pramila Sarker, additional commissioner of Dhaka South VAT Commissionerate, on Thursday night.
Earlier on 29 July, social media platform Facebook paid Tk2.44 crore and search engine giant Google, on 5 August, submitted Tk2.29 crore in VAT to Bangladesh.
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