UNB, Dhaka :
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken an initiative to have the long-pending cases involving huge money disposed of on priority basis.
Official sources said the revenue collecting authority has planned to maintain a strong contact with the Attorney General’s office to resolve income tax, VAT and duty-related cases pending with the country’s highest court.
They said NBR Chairman Nojibur Rahman and Attorney General Mahbubey Alam at a meeting recently discussed the necessity of quick disposal of the pending cases, acceleration of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and improvement of internal procedures to reduce court cases.
The number of pending cases in the High Court is 22,747 involving Tk 25,783. Of the total, the number of income tax-related cases is 2,711 involving Tk 7413 crore.
Some 17,470 import duty-related cases are pending at the High Court involving Tk 4835, while the number of VAT-related cases is 2566, involving Tk 13534 crore.
At the meeting, the emphasis was given on utilising the ADR system to settle the cases.
The NBR introduced ADR on July 1, 2012 to accelerate the disposal of revenue-related cases through out-of-court settlements. Some 375 cases related to import duty have so far been settled through ADR involving Tk 119.87 crore. The number of income tax-related cases settled through ADR is 305 related to Tk 115 crore while the number of VAT-related cases settled through this system is only five while the realised money accounts for Tk 2 crore.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken an initiative to have the long-pending cases involving huge money disposed of on priority basis.
Official sources said the revenue collecting authority has planned to maintain a strong contact with the Attorney General’s office to resolve income tax, VAT and duty-related cases pending with the country’s highest court.
They said NBR Chairman Nojibur Rahman and Attorney General Mahbubey Alam at a meeting recently discussed the necessity of quick disposal of the pending cases, acceleration of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and improvement of internal procedures to reduce court cases.
The number of pending cases in the High Court is 22,747 involving Tk 25,783. Of the total, the number of income tax-related cases is 2,711 involving Tk 7413 crore.
Some 17,470 import duty-related cases are pending at the High Court involving Tk 4835, while the number of VAT-related cases is 2566, involving Tk 13534 crore.
At the meeting, the emphasis was given on utilising the ADR system to settle the cases.
The NBR introduced ADR on July 1, 2012 to accelerate the disposal of revenue-related cases through out-of-court settlements. Some 375 cases related to import duty have so far been settled through ADR involving Tk 119.87 crore. The number of income tax-related cases settled through ADR is 305 related to Tk 115 crore while the number of VAT-related cases settled through this system is only five while the realised money accounts for Tk 2 crore.
