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Not just signing money, landowners face 15% capital gains tax on developer-built flats

The proposed measure, included in the income tax provisions of the bill presented by Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, seeks to broaden the capital gains tax base by treating apartments and other non-cash benefits received from developers as taxable gains

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People ride past a mural depicting the late leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and the late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a street in Tehran, Iran, June 9, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

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