NBR in trouble to realise Tk 24m travel tax from Best Air
Monday, 27 July 2009
Best Air, a private airline, suspended its operation in February last due to financial crisis, has not paid Tk 24 million to the exchequer it realised as travel tax from the passengers, reports UNB.
National Board of Revenue (NBR) admitted its failure to realise the money. "Yes, we are in trouble to realise the unpaid travel tax," a senior tax official told the news agency Sunday.
According to the rules, he said they had nothing to do except just sending letters to the laid off Best Air asking them to pay, he added.
It is NBR that had recommended the Civil Aviation Authority for cancellation of Best Air operation right for non-payment of travel tax.
After a series of meetings, the airline had agreed to pay the tax in instalments -- Tk 2.0 million in January, Tk 3.0 million in February, Tk 4.0 million in March, Tk 5.0 million in April, Tk 6.0 million each in May and June. But it paid Tk 1.5 million in January and 0.3 million in February and then stopped payments.
The NBR official said it was now the government to decide how the money would be realised from the airline.
The private airline started operation in 1999 as helicopter operator and began the journey as a freighter airline in 2000. It obtained licence in 2006 from the Civil Aviation Authority to operate passenger service on domestic and international routes, with a Boeing 737 aircraft.
National Board of Revenue (NBR) admitted its failure to realise the money. "Yes, we are in trouble to realise the unpaid travel tax," a senior tax official told the news agency Sunday.
According to the rules, he said they had nothing to do except just sending letters to the laid off Best Air asking them to pay, he added.
It is NBR that had recommended the Civil Aviation Authority for cancellation of Best Air operation right for non-payment of travel tax.
After a series of meetings, the airline had agreed to pay the tax in instalments -- Tk 2.0 million in January, Tk 3.0 million in February, Tk 4.0 million in March, Tk 5.0 million in April, Tk 6.0 million each in May and June. But it paid Tk 1.5 million in January and 0.3 million in February and then stopped payments.
The NBR official said it was now the government to decide how the money would be realised from the airline.
The private airline started operation in 1999 as helicopter operator and began the journey as a freighter airline in 2000. It obtained licence in 2006 from the Civil Aviation Authority to operate passenger service on domestic and international routes, with a Boeing 737 aircraft.