Private, specialised hospitals in districts to get 10-year tax holiday

Private healthcare service providers in districts outside Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Chattogram will be given a 10-year tax exemption on their income from the next fiscal.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said this in his budget speech at the parliament today. He was unveiling Tk 603,681 crore proposed budget for 2021-22 fiscal year.

The income of the general hospitals with the minimum capacity of 250 beds having child and infant care, women and mother care, oncology, wellbeing and preventive medicine units will come under the tax exemption.

Besides, specialised hospitals with a capacity of 200 beds outside the four districts will also get the same tax exemption facilities.

In his speech, Kamal said the government is sincerely promise-bound to ensure standard health care facilities at an affordable cost for every citizen of the country to achieve sustainable development goals.

"To make standard health services provided by private initiatives available in districts other than Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Chittagong, I propose to offer tax incentive to the health sector," the minister said.