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Businesses still reluctant to install e-cash machines

Sohel Parvez
The National Board of Revenue's drive to equip businesses with electronic cash registers is yet to experience much success, with figures for the last three and a half years falling way short of estimates.
Until July 2012, some 1,308 enterprises, from an estimated 2,589 enterprises, have installed the e-cash device, accordingto NBR.
“The installation rate is not too high to be satisfied. We have to work hard to persuade businesses to install the devices,” said Mohammad Ahsanul Haque, the first secretary of NBR.
He blamed the inadequate manpower at the field offices for the poor installation rates, adding that the NBR is in process of recruiting nearly 800 assistant revenue officers for boosting VAT collection.
"We will be able to monitor the progress well after the recruitment."
In May 2008 the tax collector made installation of electronic cash registers (ECR) or point of sale (POS) terminals mandatory for 10 types of retail businesses, such as eating joints, grocery stores, beauty salons, furniture shops.
The directive came in a bid to boost
value added tax (VAT) receipts by limiting the scope for tax evasion that the manual system of accounting used at the retail outlets provide.
Based on the directive, the NBR identified 2,589 enterprises, mostly in Dhaka, where e-cash devices needed installing.
The revenue administration directed field offices -- from January 2009 for city corporations and July 2009 for districts — to ensure compliance at the retail outlets under the 10 categories.
The directive has been met with indifference among the businesses, with one of the reasons cited by NBR officials being the tendency among a section of businesses to evade tax.
Haque said the tax authority have filed cases against the enterprises which failed to comply with the rules despite counselling.
However, chain food joints such as KFC and Pizza Hut, departmental and sweetmeat stores have installed the devices voluntarily, Haque informed.
"Installation of electronic devices has benefitted for businesses," he said, adding that entities can track stock positions of products and prevent scope for misappropriation of funds by staff.