19BBBBB Special tax treatment in respect of investment in residential building, apartment

¹[19BBBBB. Special tax treatment in respect of investment in ²[residential] building, apartment.-

1. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Ordinance, source of any sum invested by any person, in the construction or purchase of any ³[building] or apartment, shall be deemed to have been explained if the assessee pays, before the assessment for the relevant assessment year in which the investment is completed, tax at the following rate-

1. for building or apartment situated in the area of Gulshan Model Town, Banani, Baridhara, Motijheel Commercial Area and Dilkusha commercial Area of Dhaka

          i.  taka four thousand per square meter in the case of a building or an apartment the plinth area of which does not exceed two hundred square meter;

         ii. taka five thousand per square meter in the case of a building or an apartment the plinth area of which exceeds two hundred square meter;

       b. for building or apartment situated in the area of Dhanmandi residential Area, Defence officers Housing Society (DOHS), Mahakhali, Lalmatia Housing Society, Uttara Town, Bashundhara Residential Area, Dhaka Cantonment, Kawran Bazar, Bijaynagar, Segunbagicha, Nikunja of Dhaka, and Panchlaish, Khulshi, Agrabad and Nasirabad Area of Chattogram-

         i. taka three thousand per square meter in the case of a building or an apartment the plinth area of which does not exceed two hundred square meter;

         ii. taka three thousand and five hundred per square meter in the case of a building or an apartment the plinth area of which exceeds two hundred square meter;

       c. For building or apartment situated in the area of any City Corporation other than areas mentioned in clauses (a) or (b)-

         i. taka eight hundred per square meter in the case of a building or an apartment the plinth area of which does not exceed one hundred and twenty square meter;

         ii. taka one thousand per square meter in the case of a building or an apartment the plinth area of which exceeds one hundred and twenty square meter but does not exceed two hundred square meter;

        iii. taka one thousand and five hundred per square meter in the case of building or an apartment the plinth area of which exceeds two hundred square meter;

       d. For building or apartment situated in the area of a Paurasabha of any district headquarters-

         i. taka three hundred per square meter in the case of building or an apartment the plinth area of which does not exceed one hundred and twenty square meter;

        ii. taka seven hundred per square meter in the case of a building or an apartment the plinth area of which exceeds one hundred and twenty square meter but does not exceed two hundred square meter;

       iii. taka seven hundred per square meter in the case of a building or an apartment the plinth area of which exceeds two hundred square meter;

       e. For building or apartment situated in the area other than the areas mentioned in clauses (a) to (d)-

          i. taka two hundred per square meter in the case of building or an apartment the plinth area of which does not exceed one hundred and twenty square meter;

         ii. taka three hundred per square meter in the case of building or an apartment the plinth area of which exceeds one hundred and twenty square meter but does not exceed two hundred square meter;

         iii. taka five hundred per square meter in the case of a building or an apartment the plinth area of which exceeds two hundred square meter;

     2. The rate of tax mentioned in sub-section meter (1) shall be twenty per cent higher in case where the assesse already owns a building or an apartment in any city Corporation before such investment is completed; or the assesse makes such investment in two or more building or apartments.

    3. The rate of tax mentioned in sub-section (1) shall be one hundred per cent higher in case, where-

1. a notice under section 93 has been issued before submission of such return of income for the reason that any income, asset or expenditure has been concealed or any income or a part there of has escaped assessment;
2. a notice under clause (f) of section 113 has been issued before submission of such return of income;
3. any Proceeding under sections 164, 165 or 166 has been initiated before submission of such return of income.

    4. The provision of this section shall not apply where the source of such in vestment, made by the assessee for the construction or purchase of such ⁴[building] or apartment, is-

1.  derived from any criminal activities under any other law for the time being in force; or
2. not derived from any legitimate source.]     

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   ¹ Subs by F.A. 2019

           ² Omitted by F. A. 2020 

          ³ Subs. for "residential building" by F.A. 2020   

          ⁴ Subs. for "residential building" by F.A. 2020            

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