BAJUS leaders unhappy as all proposals ignored

Business Report :

Bangladesh Jeweler’s Association (BAJUS), the trade body for gold traders and the jeweller sector, is apparently chastened by the finance minister’s non-inclusion of any of their 15 proposals in the proposed budget for the 2024-25 fiscal.
The BAJUS leaders said this while speaking at a post-budget press conference at the office of the organisation in Bashundhara Shopping Complex in Dhaka on Sunday.
They said that the jewellers sector got nothing from the budget, and urged again to consider 15 points-demand to include in the budget to the survival of jewellery traders.
The organisation also sought a VAT reduction on gold ornaments to 3 per cent from 5 per cent and to stop all kinds of harassment from the tax officials.
Anwar Hossain, chairman and executive member of BAJUS Standing Committee on Tariff and Taxation spoke at the press conference on behalf of BAJUS.