PM has to pay tax

Two bills were placed in parliament yesterday seeking to repeal provisions from two laws that exempt the prime minister, ministers, state ministers, and deputy ministers from paying taxes on their salaries for about the last 38 years.
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, who is also in-charge of the cabinet division in the parliamentary business, placed the bills to amend the Prime Minister's (Remuneration and Privileges) Act 1975 and Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Minister (Remuneration and Privileges) Act 1973 to this effect.
Both the bills, which were sent to the parliamentary standing committee on the law ministry for scrutiny, will take effect from July 1, 2011.
On Wednesday, parliament passed two bills scrapping "discriminatory" provisions from two laws that exempted the speaker, deputy speaker, and MPs for around 38 years from paying taxes on their remunerations.