To achieve its revenue target of Tk1.36tn in the current fiscal year, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) is bringing about some changes in the administrative role of members and officials.
While talking to the Dhaka Tribune yesterday, the NBR official sources confirmed it.
The country’s revenue authority has already appointed two new members while a number of tax commissioners faced transfer.
Besides, many an official has been placed in zonal offices after completion of their training period, said sources.
“We are trying to achieve our revenue target for the current fiscal. Reshuffling of official duties is going on to this end,” said a high official of NBR.
He said officials are also being transferred from one zone to another to expedite the revenue collection.
In the first three days of this week, 204 officials including five commissioners and 11 assistant commissioners were transferred, NBR sources said adding that more transfer orders are to follow.
Of 204 officials, 57 were from income tax division and the remaining 147 were chosen from customs division.
According to the sources, the revenue board on Sunday transferred and placed duties of 57 assistant tax commissioners of income tax. Among them, 10 assistant tax commissioners from BCS 31 Batch were placed in duties in different tax circles and the rest 47 assistant tax commissioners were transferred from one zone to another.
On Monday, NBR transferred five tax commissioners of customs division, 11 additional commissioners, 10 joint commissioners, 54 tax commissioners and 65 assistant tax commissioners.
Earlier, on July 31, the NBR appointed two new members - M Lokman Chowdhury and Mahbubur Rahman - as members.
M Lokman was Commissioner of Taxes Appeal Zone-1, Dhaka, and has now taken over charge of Audit, Intelligence and Investigation Department while Mahbubur Rahman, who was Commissioner of Taxes Zone 1, Dhaka, got the responsibility of Information Management and Services Department.
Besides, member Begum Rahela Chowdhury will oversee internal taxes, member M Bashir Uddin Ahmed will perform as project director of NBR building along with the duty of tax administration and human resource management, member M Shahjahan gets tax appeal and release, Syed Aminul Karim tax policy along with performing as project director of research and statistics, M Alauddin of tax survey and inspection will also serve special duties led by the Chairman, Kalipad Halder of legal and enforcement wing is also to perform as project director of e-filing.
