In the proposed budget for the financial year 2024-25, the supplementary duty on mobile phone call rates has been increased by 5 percent. Along with this, consumers have to pay 1 percent surcharge.

With the new supplementary duty increase, a customer can now charge Rs 69 35 paise after deducting VAT and supplementary duty if he recharges Rs 100.

Earlier, after deducting VAT and supplementary duty, customers could talk about Rs 73 on a recharge of Rs 100. In other words, customers can talk about 3 taka 65 paisa less than before for 100 taka recharge.

Meanwhile, the mobile phone operators will implement the new tariff rate immediately after the proposed budget announcement.

An official of the communication department of a mobile operator company said without disclosing the name, "The related order (SRO) is sent only when the finance minister starts addressing the national parliament to announce the budget. As a result, tax deduction may be started from the customer at the new rate from 3 pm on Thursday (June 6).

Although the financial year starts from 1st July. Although it has legal validity in the existing law, there are questions from various quarters about the implementation of the tariff from the day of the budget announcement.