NBR begins survey for new taxpayers in dists from Jan
Tuesday, 28 August 2007
Doulot Akter Mala
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to expand its survey to identify new taxpayers in district towns from January next year after the surveys conducted in the city corporations and metropolitan towns proved successful.
On March 29 this year, the board started the survey in businesses and professional houses in Dhaka city among which 57 per cent new taxpayers in the city's posh shopping malls were identified.
Until August 22, the board found 24,578 new taxpayers out of 40,054 businesses surveyed in the capital alone.
The NBR then started another survey from July 5 this year in all the city corporations as well as in Rangpur Pourashava (municipality) to net in new taxpayers.
In the survey, the board has found 9835 new taxpayers out of 20, 691 businesses surveyed.
Targeting businessmen and professionals, the board aims to bring some 164,000 new taxpayers under the tax net during July-December period this year.
The NBR aims to net in 72,000 new taxpayers in Dhaka city and 92,000 in other city corporations including Rangpur municipality during the period. The new taxpayers will have to start paying taxes from the next fiscal.
A total of 48 teams with 104 tax inspectors have been conducting the survey.
The NBR has assigned 20 teams, including the existing eight, to work in Dhaka city.
On the other hand, 11 teams have been working in Chittagong, three in Rajshahi, five in Khulna, and three teams each in Barisal, Sylhet and Rangpur.
The NBR insiders believe that the survey will help to boost the government's tax revenue collection.
The government, in the past, has been compelled to make downward revisions of the tax revenue collection target because of poor mobilisation.
The government has set a revenue target of Tk 438.50 billion for the current fiscal.
Earlier, the tax revenue target was set at Tk 410.55 billion in the original budget for the fiscal 2006-07, which was revised to Tk 374.79 billion.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to expand its survey to identify new taxpayers in district towns from January next year after the surveys conducted in the city corporations and metropolitan towns proved successful.
On March 29 this year, the board started the survey in businesses and professional houses in Dhaka city among which 57 per cent new taxpayers in the city's posh shopping malls were identified.
Until August 22, the board found 24,578 new taxpayers out of 40,054 businesses surveyed in the capital alone.
The NBR then started another survey from July 5 this year in all the city corporations as well as in Rangpur Pourashava (municipality) to net in new taxpayers.
In the survey, the board has found 9835 new taxpayers out of 20, 691 businesses surveyed.
Targeting businessmen and professionals, the board aims to bring some 164,000 new taxpayers under the tax net during July-December period this year.
The NBR aims to net in 72,000 new taxpayers in Dhaka city and 92,000 in other city corporations including Rangpur municipality during the period. The new taxpayers will have to start paying taxes from the next fiscal.
A total of 48 teams with 104 tax inspectors have been conducting the survey.
The NBR has assigned 20 teams, including the existing eight, to work in Dhaka city.
On the other hand, 11 teams have been working in Chittagong, three in Rajshahi, five in Khulna, and three teams each in Barisal, Sylhet and Rangpur.
The NBR insiders believe that the survey will help to boost the government's tax revenue collection.
The government, in the past, has been compelled to make downward revisions of the tax revenue collection target because of poor mobilisation.
The government has set a revenue target of Tk 438.50 billion for the current fiscal.
Earlier, the tax revenue target was set at Tk 410.55 billion in the original budget for the fiscal 2006-07, which was revised to Tk 374.79 billion.