An
assessee shall be entitled to a rebate from the amount of tax payable if he/she
invests during the income year in the following items, namely:
a)
life insurance premium
b)
contribution to approved Provident Fund (both by the employee
and employer)
c)
contribution to deposit pension scheme amounting to not
exceeding Tk. 60,000 sponsored by a scheduled bank or a financial institution
d)
donation to a national level institution set up in memory
of the “Liberation War”
e)
donation to a national level institution set up in memory
of “Father of the Nation”
f)
donation to Prime Minister’s Higher Education Fund
g)
donation to Aga Khan Development network/Asiatic
Society/CRP/Dhaka Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital/icddr,b
h)
donation to Zakat Fund/charitable fund established by or
under Zakat Fund
i)
any sum invested in Bangladesh Government Treasury Bond
and Sanchayapatra, stocks and shares of listed companies, mutual funds and
debentures listed with any stock exchange in
Bangladesh
Allowable
limit of investment tax rebate is as follows:
|
Total
income
|
Investment tax rebate on eligible amount*
|
|
Up to Tk. 1.5 million
|
15%
|
|
Over Tk. 1.5 million
|
10%
|
*Eligible
amount is the lowest of the following:
a)
Actual investment; or
b) 25% of total income; or
c) Tk. 10 million(
1Crore)