JS body suggests disposal of Tk 2.30b audit objections
FE Report | Tuesday, 29 May 2018
A parliamentary panel recommended on Sunday settling of 12 audit objections for the fiscal year (FY) 2010-11.
The audit objections concerning eight agencies under the civil aviation ministry involve over Tk 2.30 billion (230 crore).
The recommendations came at the 85th meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on civil aviation and tourism ministry.
Committee chairman Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir presided over the meeting.
One of the audit objections involves a loss of Tk 1.07 billion caused to the public exchequer.
The loss was incurred, as the authority concerned did not deduct VAT (value-added tax) and income tax on fees, bills and commission paid to travel and aircraft leasing companies.
The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) committee recommended resolving the audit objection on receipt of opinions from the National Board of Revenue (NBR) on VAT waiver within the next 30 days.
Another audit objection involves a loss of Tk 6.97 million.
The JS body recommended settling the audit objection after checking the invoice of M/S Gallilio/Travel Port with regards to ticket sales, booking and cancellation of booking.
The authority did not verify the bills submitted by Gallilio.
In another audit objection the Biman Bangladesh Airlines incurred a loss of Tk 341 million.
It happened as the Biman paid fees to the software provider company GDS for using the latter's network.
Biman did it, though it has the network of its own travel facilitator M/S Abacus Bangladesh NMC Link.
Besides, Biman paid an irregular monthly allowance to the chairman without the permission of the recruiting authority.
The national flag carrier also incurred a loss of Tk 1.2 million as it paid additional salaries to officials beyond the amounts mentioned in their contracts.
The committee suggested submitting the progress report on the process of regularising jobs of 254 staffers within next three months.
A loss of over Tk 91.4 million was incurred, as Biman published advertisements in newspapers without following the government quota and not taking any competitive exam.