A total of 525 people in city corporation and district areas have been selected as best taxpayers after the national level to encourage tax payment.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) published this notification in this regard on Tuesday.
The NBR selected 77 people in 11 city corporations and 448 people in the category of highest income taxpayers and longtime income taxpayers in 64 districts for the tax year 2022-2023.
Among these, two people from each City Corporation and district were selected as the longest serving three as the highest taxpayers, and one as the best in the women and youth category.
The Ministry of Finance has published the names of the best taxpayers as per the provisions of the district-wise highest and longest ‘Income Tax Paying’ under Tax Payers Policy-2008.
Earlier, 141 individuals, institutions, and organizations were selected as the best taxpayers for the tax year 2022-23. Among them, 76 at the individual level, 53 at the company level, and 12 in other categories.
According to the Ministry of Finance notification, the names of 525 best taxpayers were nominated at the city corporation and district level in the tax year 2022-23.
Among them, 77 taxpayers in 11 city corporation areas will be given tax cards and awards as the best taxpayers.
The card will be issued to seven taxpayers in each city corporation area and seven taxpayers in each district as the highest taxpayers.
Officials said the NBR would hand over the award and tax cards to the taxpayers on December 20, 2023 at a programme at the city's Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC).
Of 54 companies, three are banks---Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC, Standard Chartered Bank, BRAC Bank, Dutch Bangla Bank, Eastern Bank PLC.
Leather Industries
Apex Footwear Limited, Bata Shoe Company (Bangladesh) Ltd and Alliance Leather Goods and Footwear Ltd.
Non-Banking Finance
Infrastructure Development Company Limited, IDLC Finance Limited, Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited, DBH Finance PLC
Telecommunication
Grameenphone Limited
Engineering
BSRM Steels Limited, Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills Limited, Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory Ltd.
Businessmen
Md Kaus Mia, Gazi Golam Mortuza, SM Ashraful Alam, SM Shamsul Alam, SM Mahbubul Alam.
Salaried Taxpayers
Md Yousuf, Rubayet Farzana Hossain, Hosne Ara Hossen, Laila Hossain and MA Haider Hossain.
Senior Citizens
Golam Dastogir Gazi, Khawza Tazmahal, Dr Mostafizur Rahman, Fazlur Rahman, Abdul Muktadir.
Gazetted injured freedom fighters
A Matin Chowdhury, Dr Md Amzad Hossain, Md Nasir Uddin Mridha, Md Joynal Abedin, Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim.
Physically challenged
Akram Mahmud, Dr Md Mamunur Rashid and Md Shahjamal.
Women
Anowara Hossain, Shahnaj Rahman, Nilufar Ferdous, Mituli Mahbub and Dr Shayla Afrin Khandaker.
Young taxpayers (below 40)
Ahmed Arif Billah, Md Shahed Shahriar, Sardin Rahman Antu, Nasiruddin Akter Rashid, Sri Rakesh Kumar.
Physicians
Jahangir Kabir, Professor AKM Fazlul Haq, NAM Momenuzzaman, Professor Pran Gopal Datta, Lutful Latif Chowdhury
Journalists
Faridur Reza, Mahmuz Anam, Motiur Rahman, Mohammad Abdul Malek and Shykh Seraj
Lawyers
Sheikh Fazle Nur Taposh, Nihad Kabir, Ahsanul Karim, Towfiqa Aftab and Kazi Mohammad Tanjebul Alam
Engineers
Mohammad Atiqur Rahman, Mohammad Abdul Awal and AHM Jahirul Haq
Architects
Mohammad Fayez Ullah, Mohammad Rafiq Azam and Khan Mohammad Mustafa Khaleed
Accountants
Mohamaad Faruk, Mashuk Ahmod and Sneyashis Barua.
New Tax Payers
Ryan Michael Ott, Md Ali Nur, Md Rafiqul Islam, Zara Zerin Zaman, Shah Alam Uddin, Antara Zyma and Mohammad Aminul Haq
Players
Sakib Al Hasan, Md Mahmud Ullah and Tamim Iqbal Khan
Actors/Actresses
Mahfuz Ahmed, Farida Akter Babita and Md Siam Ahmed
Singers
Tahsan Rahman Khan, SD Rubel and Momtaz Begum
Print and Electronic Media
Mediastar Limited, East West Media Group Limited, Somoy Media Limited and Times Media Limited.
Real Estate
Sodesh Properties Limited, Shanta Holdings Limited and AWR Developments (BD) Limited
RMG
Youngone Hi-Tech Sportswear Industries Ltd, Square Fashions Limited, Rifat Garments Limited, Titas Sportswear Industries Ltd, Universal Jeans Ltd, Nice Denim Mills Limited (NDML), and Fakir Knitwears Ltd.
Food and Beverage
Nestle Bangladesh PLC, Pran Dairy Ltd and Olympic Industries Limited
Energy
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company limited, Chevron Bangladesh Blocks Thirteen and Fourteen Ltd and Petromax Refinery Ltd.
Jute
Akij Jute Mills Ltd, Ahyan Jute Mill's Ltd and Popular Jute Exchange Ltd
Spinning and Textile
Square Textiles PLC, Coats Bangladesh Ltd, Badsha Textiles Ltd, NZ Textile Ltd, Kamal Yarn Ltd, ACS Textiles (Bangladesh) Ltd and Fakhruddin Textiles Mills Ltd.
Medicine and chemical
Square Pharmaceuticals, Unilever Bangladesh, Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company Limited and Incepta Pharmaceuticals.
Others (individual)
Nafis Sikder, SAK Ekramuzzaman, Md Monir Hossain
Association of Persons
Sena Kalyan Sangstha, Bangladesh Bank Karmachari Co-Operative.
Other categories
Brac, Asha, Samwhan-Mir Akhter Joint Venture, and BURO Bangladesh, British American Tobacco Bangladesh, American Life Insurance Company, Sadharan Bima Corporation, EDOTCO Bangladesh Co Ltd.
Farm category
SN Corporation, Ms Md Jamil Iqbal, Walton Plaza, MS Saleh Ahammad
Local authority category
Bangladesh Bridge Authority