NBR's fresh tax survey begins today

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The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is going to launch a fresh tax survey today (Sunday) to net at least 400,000 more taxpayers within the next year in a desperate bid to boost revenue collection, reports UNB.
"Initially, the tax survey will be conducted in 15 areas across the country as a pilot programme and then it'll be extended to other areas," an NBR high official told the news agency.
The 15 areas selected for the initial tax survey are Uttara, Nikunja, Banosri, Basundhara-Baridhara Project Area, Savar, Dohar, Nawabganj, Keraniganj in Dhaka, Louhojong in Munshiganj, Patiya, Satkania, Hathajari, Sitakunda, and Mirsarai in Chittagong, and Bianibazar in Sylhet.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith will inaugurate the survey at Uttara today.
The survey will continue until September this year. A total of 100 inspectors will conduct the survey in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet. Of them, 65 will conduct the survey in Dhaka, 29 in Chittagong and six in Sylhet.