Bangladesh Mobile Phone Consumers Association hasdemanded withdrawal of the proposed tax in the telecom and technology sectorsin the year 2015-2020.

The organization claims that it is possible to makeadditional revenue of at least seven thousand crore rupees annually by notincreasing the tax in the sector.

On Saturday, the organization gave a memorandum to thePrime Minister over the withdrawal of excess tax.

In the memorandum, Bangladesh Mobile Phone Associationhas claimed that at the marginal level, uninterrupted network and qualityservices will be available to the country, about six to seven thousand croreadditional revenue will come. In the new tax hike proposed, the government mayget revenue of three thousand crores of revenue.

If the new SIM purchase increases tax and call rates,the marginal low-income people will be discouraged by taking a new connection.As a result, the government will reduce the revenue, the organization said.

The organization said, currently active SIM is around156.5 million. Smartphone Internet users are around 750 million Moreover,broadband users are about 1.25 million. Yet 45 percent of the population in thecountry is out of modern telecommunications services. Currently, about 6.5percent of the total GDP is from this sector. If there is a continuation ofthis, revenue from this sector will be 10.75 percent of the total GDP by 2024.

In the last five years, tax increases and tax rateshave been increased five times in this sector. The organization has requestedthe government not to increase the corporate tax on the operators rather thanearn 12 thousand crore rupees before the government.

At the same time, the operators will be able to builda good network system across the country so that their issue is also requestedto see the government in that memorandum.