With the abolition of Business Tax and introduction of VAT, the law also classifies certain businesses which are not suitable to be under VAT system and therefore are subject to tax which is similar to Business Tax. This is called "Specific Business Tax" or "SBT" whereby municipal tax at the rate of 10% of such SBT continue to apply.
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