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Top 900 accounts own more than half of fixed deposits

Jun 09, 2025 4 mins read
Top 900 accounts own more than half of fixed deposits

The government has proposed to levy a 10 percent tax on the interest earned through fixed deposits and dividend in the Income Tax Bill 2025, which would be deliberated on June 18 and adopted on June 20 in the National Assembly.

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