Staff Reporter :
Convener of the Gana Adhikar Parishad and former Finance Minister SMS Kibria’s son Dr Reza Kibria will file a defamation case against National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman if the board fails to prove the income tax evasion allegation brought against him.
“The government is trying to implicate me in any case as I speak the truth against the government,” Dr Reza Kibria told it to the New Nation on Sunday evening over phone.
When asked about the NBR notice, he said, “Actually, I haven’t got any such notice. But I have seen the news in some media.”
Regarding the allegation of several bank accounts, Dr Reza Kibria said, “I had two bank accounts which were closed about 12 years ago. Besides, I dislike no investment in share market. Rather I dislike share market.”
According to media reports, Dr Reza Kibria was served with a notice by NBR under Section 93 of the Income Tax Rules seeking an explanation for discrepancies and tax dodge in Reza Kibria’s income tax documents.
A source of NBR said that the notice was issued on Thursday (February 10) as the current assets of Reza Kibria are inconsistent with his the income tax documents.
In the 2018 election, affidavit submitted by Reza Kibria, showed 10 kathas of land in Purbachal of Dhaka and 14 flats in Dhanmondi in exchange for inherited land. The flats were not handed over. There is also an ancestral flat in Gulshan.
According to the information provided in 2018 election affidavit given by Reza Kibria, he earns Tk. 6 lakh 49 thousand 195 annually from shares, savings certificates / bank deposits and Tk. 97 lakh 85 thousand in bank account in his name, 17 lakh in stock exchange, 40 lakh in investment in various types of savings certificates, 10 lakh in acquisition value of car, 5 lakh 10 thousand in acquisition value of gold and other precious metals, 2 lakh in acquisition value of electronics, The cost of acquiring furniture is 2 lakh 55 thousand rupees.
According to sources close to the NBR, he has made regular foreign transactions through multiple bank accounts, huge financial transactions in various banks and shares worth Tk. half a crore, but he has concealed it in his income tax documents. Apart from this, Reza always paid the lowest tax by keeping secret the huge income received from foreign grants, business establishments and self-owned properties in Dhanmondi and Gulshan. The notice was issued in the wake of allegations of asset concealment, money laundering and income tax evasion.
