Staff Reporter :
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) bagged about Tk 1727.72 crore as revenue from 1,49,994 income tax payers during the first six days of the week long Tax Fair across the country.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith officially inaugurated the Fair at the NBR Bhaban in the city’s Agargaon on Tuesday and it will conclude today (Monday).
NBR Chairman Nojibur Rahman will preside over the concluding ceremony of the Fair at 6.30pm at its own Bhaban premises in the city.
According to the Chief Coordinator of the Fair Md Abdur Razzak, of NBR received Tk 310.59 crore on the 6th day of the fair on Sunday. A total of 7, 77,194 people got service at the fair in six days.
NBR is organizing the week-long Fair across the country for the seventh consecutive year aiming at encouraging people to pay tax and bringing more people under tax net, sources said.
The Tax Fair offers registration of Electronic Tax-payers Identification Number, to pay tax, to file returns and to encourage prospective tax-payers to get involved with the country’s taxation system.
On the sixth day, the NBR’s Fair was held at 67 spots in the country, including capital Dhaka.
“The Fair drew huge crowd on Saturday as the Revenue Board offers one-stop service for the taxpayers and other service seekers there,” said Md Abdur Razzak.
“We have got huge response from the tax-payers today (Saturday). They showed interest to pay tax. This is a good sign, he said.
