4% incentive for freelancer

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Government will pay all the freelancers - will provide 4 percent incentive to encourage local freelancers. Initially, the names of 55 recognized platforms including Upwork, Fiber, Google Adsense, YouTube, Facebook, Freelancer, Amazon Associate have been revealed. Freelancers will get 4% cash incentive from the current 2021-22 financial year if they earn from these online platforms.

A notification in this regard was issued by the Foreign Monetary Policy Department of Bangladesh Bank on Sunday.

This circular lists the names of some of the online marketplaces where cash assistance is available on income. Individual freelancers export software and ITES services through the online marketplace, the notification said. In order to get cash assistance in return for export of software and ITES services, the relevant online marketplace has to be recognized by the Department of Information and Communication Technology.

The Department of Information and Communication Technology on January 17 sent a list of 55 initially recognized marketplaces to Bangladesh Bank. Bangladesh Bank supplied the list to the authorized dealer banks by attaching it to the circular.

Other platforms on the list are: 

Guru, People Per Hour, Toptal, Flexjob, 99 Designs, Simply Heard, Aquint, Pabloft, DesignHill, Burke, Golens, Freeup, Hubstaff Talent, Solid Giggs, WeWill, Rebip, , Envato, Hackerney, Amazon Mercantile Turk, Sutterstock, Adobe Stock, iStock, Deposit Photos, 123RF, PondFive, Dreamstime, Creative Market, CanStack Photos, Allami, Unity Asset Store, Sketchfau, FAX, FAX, , Trade Doubler, CJ Affiliate, Wiglink, Xaviju, Rakuten, Clickbank, Walmart Affiliates.the government will give 4% incentive.