Staff Reporter :
Tax collection on the first four days of the ongoing weeklong tax fair has crossed Tk 1,200 crore as people continue to throng the fair around the country seeking assistance to submit their returns.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) collected a total of Tk 1,267.56 crore from all the divisional cities till Friday, 5.51 per cent higher from that of the same period last year.
According to a NBR statement, some 6.61 lakh returns were submitted in the last four days, showing a 60 per cent year-on-year increase.
It said 19,415 new taxpayers joined the income tax network by signing up for taxpayers’ identification number (TIN) in the four days, up 119.68 per cent year-on-year.
Until yesterday, nearly nine lakh people received various tax related services from taxmen at the fair. The figure was 5.90 lakh the previous year, according to the NBR.
In the fourth day of the fair, NBR received Tk 288 crore as income tax with taxpayers submitted a total of 75,736 tax returns.
While visiting the fair venue in Dhaka it was found that huge number of people throng the fair on the fourth day, as it was a public holiday.
They were seen waiting in long queues in front of booths for paying income tax, filing tax returns, obtaining user ID and password for getting access to online tax returns submission system and receiving online taxpayers identification numbers at fair venues across the country including the venue at the Officers’ Club in the capital.
“Availability of easy services and awareness campaigns helped the fair get huge response,” NBR official.
NBR is holding the event for the ninth year to provide assistance to individual taxpayers to complete their tax-related formalities for the year and encourage people in paying tax.
On Friday, the tax fair show took place in 56 districts and three upazilas apart from all divisional cities. In Dhaka and Chittagong, the event is going on at Officers Club and at GEC Convention Centre respectively.
The fair will remain open from 9am to 5pm every day, including Friday and Saturday, said the NBR.
Tax collection on the first four days of the ongoing weeklong tax fair has crossed Tk 1,200 crore as people continue to throng the fair around the country seeking assistance to submit their returns.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) collected a total of Tk 1,267.56 crore from all the divisional cities till Friday, 5.51 per cent higher from that of the same period last year.
According to a NBR statement, some 6.61 lakh returns were submitted in the last four days, showing a 60 per cent year-on-year increase.
It said 19,415 new taxpayers joined the income tax network by signing up for taxpayers’ identification number (TIN) in the four days, up 119.68 per cent year-on-year.
Until yesterday, nearly nine lakh people received various tax related services from taxmen at the fair. The figure was 5.90 lakh the previous year, according to the NBR.
In the fourth day of the fair, NBR received Tk 288 crore as income tax with taxpayers submitted a total of 75,736 tax returns.
While visiting the fair venue in Dhaka it was found that huge number of people throng the fair on the fourth day, as it was a public holiday.
They were seen waiting in long queues in front of booths for paying income tax, filing tax returns, obtaining user ID and password for getting access to online tax returns submission system and receiving online taxpayers identification numbers at fair venues across the country including the venue at the Officers’ Club in the capital.
“Availability of easy services and awareness campaigns helped the fair get huge response,” NBR official.
NBR is holding the event for the ninth year to provide assistance to individual taxpayers to complete their tax-related formalities for the year and encourage people in paying tax.
On Friday, the tax fair show took place in 56 districts and three upazilas apart from all divisional cities. In Dhaka and Chittagong, the event is going on at Officers Club and at GEC Convention Centre respectively.
The fair will remain open from 9am to 5pm every day, including Friday and Saturday, said the NBR.
