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360 taxpayers honoured
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Alam, owner of MS Enterprise in Mymensingh, said the recognition has earned him social dignity.
"In a society where all want to evade tax, such recognition is something that people respect," said Alam who paid Tk 62 lakh in tax in fiscal 2011 -12.
He said tax officials put more pressure on the regular taxpayers than those who do not pay tax.
AK Azad, who got the recognition in the long-time taxpayer category from Jamalpur district, also complained of rent-seeking by tax officials.
"If tax can be paid without hassles, tax collection will definitely go up," said Azad, a physician.
Amir Hossain Noorani, who received the top taxpayer award from Gazipur district, suggested the NBR should widen its tax network instead of increasing the tax slab.
"The authority should expand the tax network beyond towns.”
At the event, Food Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said many people in villages have the ability to pay tax.
He advised taxmen to pay attention to this.
Razzaque also suggested steps
to prevent tax evasion by strict enforcement of tax rules.
"Income of many people has increased. But 80 percent of people do not have TINs (taxpayer identification numbers), he said.
"People do not abide by laws if they do not have fear," he said.
He said many people in urban areas have more than one car and have apartments, but they
do not pay tax.
"Thousands of people go abroad to celebrate Eid. There should be a mechanism to know how much tax these people pay," he said.
Citing the alleged fraudster Hall-Mark, which has siphoned nearly Tk 2,700 crore by showing fake documents, he said there is an allegation that the
company does not pay tax.
A total of 65 taxpayers from 13 districts and city corporation areas under Chittagong division were honoured yesterday, our Chittagong correspondent reports.
Primary and Mass Education Minister Afsarul Ameen handed over crests and certificates to the taxpayers at a ceremony at the Gymnasium building.
The minister emphasised efforts to drive more people into the tax net.
He said the initiatives such as honouring the taxpayers and income tax fairs would be able to remove the general people's fear about paying tax.
Local entrepreneur Salahuddin Kasem Khan and his brothers AM Ziauddin Khan and Sadaruddin Khan were honoured as the highest taxpayers in the Chittagong City Corporation area for fiscal 2011-2012.
Three highest taxpayers and two long-time taxpayers from each city corporation and district were awarded at the ceremony.
Md Shahjahan, NBR member, said the number of registered taxpayers is now three million, while the number of real taxpayers will be more.