The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has so far been able to manage around Tk1,097 crore as income tax from the ongoing National Income Tax Fair that began on September 16 across the country.
In the last five days, the taxmen collected Tk1,097 crore from a total of 90,793 tax returns filed at the fair. The NBR served around 4,49,793 taxpayers and service seekers.
A total of 18,537 people was registered with the electronic taxpayers identification number (eTIN), out of which, 10,795 people were new taxpayers while 7,742 people took new eTIN, replacing their old 10- digit TIN numbers.
From September 16, all the fair venues across the country witnessed a huge crowd as the fair was providing one-stop services, officials said.
There have been allegations that the tax officials sometime harass the taxpayers while filing their income tax returns or seeking any services in tax offices. As the taxpayers never face any sort of situation in the fair, the income tax fair has become a long-desired occasion where they can receives services in a client-friendly manner.
Though there were some mismanagement in the last year’s fair, but no such incidents took place this year as the board was able to take all the precautions well ahead of the fair.
NBR member Bashir Uddin Ahmed said the tax officials across the country are sincerely providing smooth services at their utmost conveniences, as there were no complaint received as of Saturday.
The NBR organised the fair in all the 57 districts and seven divisional headquarters this year to create awareness among the people about their responsibility for paying taxes and to help the taxpayers getting different services. The number of the service seekers and the collection from the fair is increasing every year,” he said.
The NBR introduced the tax fair in 2010 aimed at providing tax-related assistance and motivating people to contribute to the national exchequer.
The board has organised the fair in 42 districts yesterday, including Dhaka where a total of 1,02,954 taxpayers has received different services including filing income tax returns, eTIN registration, correction of eTIN, e-payment and other information related to tax payment.
In the fifth day, a total of 1463 people was registered with eTIN while 932 people took eTIN replacing the old one, The board has collected over Tk165.49crore yesterday from 21039 filed returns.
This year the fair is being held at all the seven divisional headquarters and 57 districts. The divisional headquarters are holding it for seven days while 54 districts for four days. The fair, which remains open for the visitors from 10am to 5pm, will conclude tomorrow (Monday).
