The European Union (EU) funded Technical Assistance (TA) to support the implementation of the PFM Reform Strategic Plan in Bangladesh, implemented by DT Global, is making significant strides towards strengthening domestic revenue mobilization and enhancing the integrity of revenue administration by upgrading the internal audit unit in the National Board of Revenue (NBR).
The assistance is provided with the aim of strengthening the institutional capacity of the NBR and reforming existing systems and procedures of the revenue administration system, which is eventually expected to increase tax collection and improve revenue governance, reads a press release issued on Thursday.
As part of this ongoing commitment to reform the revenue administration system, the EU-funded Technical Assistance organized a workshop on “Digitalization of Income Tax Litigation Systems” for the concerned officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), Attorney General Office, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) and Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB).
The two-day-long workshop was held on Wednesday and Thursday at Gazipur, Dhaka, in collaboration with the NBR.
Taxes Appellate Tribunal President Md Nazmul Karim graced the event as the chief guest.
The purpose of this workshop was to disseminate the outcomes of work undertaken following the initial workshop held in December 2022, which focused on reforming the agenda, particularly in the domain of litigation case management.
The workshop also intended to promote stakeholder engagement towards refining and endorsing the draft products developed, including a case management framework, standard operational procedures and policies, process workflows, online appeal forms, and supporting data models.
The workshop on “Digitalization of Income Tax Litigation Systems” successfully accomplished its purpose by collaboratively devising an action plan to take the digitization of litigation systems forward, aiming to establish a “SMART Litigation Digital” environment.
Organizers said the participants are now expected to finalize a digitalized litigation blueprint containing appeal forms and an administrative process capable of handling online and paper-based appeal submissions.
This blueprint will serve as the platform for software development, which will be instrumental in contributing to a more transparent and efficient revenue administration system, they also informed.
