The National Board of Revenue (NBR) may exempt travel tax for the erstwhile exclave dwellers who are all set to shift in India under the historical exclave-exchange deal between India and Bangladesh.
The taxes authorities has made the step after the Home Ministry on October 21 made the decision at an inter ministerial meeting at the Secretariat, officials said.
The NBR has already prepared a summary and sent it to the Law Ministry for vetting.
Once it gets the green signal, which is expected to come within a day or two, the board will issue a Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) for the tax waiver to come into effect.
According to the act, people have to pay Tk500 as travel tax if they enter India through land routes.
A total of 987 people from former 111 exclaves has opted to go for Indian citizenship and their exchange will begin from November 1.
