Saturday, May 04, 2024
National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem has suggested that individuals or companies facing any problem regarding tax payments or anything at any level should directly contact the senior officials of the tax zone offices.
“We are making efforts to implement the easiest methods for automation in tax payment. We have tried to present the new income tax more straightforwardly and easily,” he said on Wednesday.
“If anyone faces any problem with tax payment, whether it is an individual taxpayer or a corporate entity, and there is a commissioner present there [at the zonal office], please contact them directly,” he added.
In each tax zone, there is a specific day for public hearings, and anyone can directly file their complaints there too, he said.
The NBR chief made the remarks while addressing a ceremony honouring the country’s top taxpaying individuals and companies at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center in Dhaka.
At the event, NBR honoured 141 individuals and companies with tax cards and recognition plaques for their outstanding contribution to the public exchequer in the tax year 2022-23.
In a gazette issued recently, the finance ministry announced the names of these taxpayers awarded in line with the National Tax Card Policy 2010 (amended) — including 75 individuals, 54 companies and 12 in other categories — as the tax card winners under three categories.
According to the policy, tax card holders will get invitations to various state functions and will get tickets on a priority basis for travel by road, air, and waterways.
They will be given preference even in booking hotels and restaurants and will get access to the VIP lounge at the airport. The tax card holders and their families will get hospital beds on a priority basis.
Organisations
Standard Chartered Bank Ltd, Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC, BRAC Bank PLC, Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd, and Eastern Bank PLC were awarded in the banking category at the company level.
Infrastructure Development Company Limited, IDLC Finance Limited, DBH Finance PLC, and Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited were awarded in the non-banking financial institution category.
Grameenphone Limited was awarded under the telecommunication category and the engineering category award went to Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory, Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills, and BSRM Steels Ltd.
Olympic Industries Ltd, Pran Dairy Ltd, and Nestle Bangladesh PLC were awarded under the food and beverage category, and top energy category taxpayers are Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd, Chevron Bangladesh Blocks Thirteen Fourteen Ltd, and Petromax Refinery Ltd.
The jute industry award went to Akij Jute Mills Ltd, Aiyan Jute Mills Ltd, and Popular Jute Exchange Ltd under the spinning and textile category while Square Textiles PLC, Coats Bangladesh Ltd, ACS Textiles (BD) Ltd, Badsha Textile Mills Ltd, Kamal Yarn Limited, Fakhruddin Textile Mills Ltd and NZ Textile Ltd were also awarded.
Square Pharmaceuticals PLC, Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Unilever Bangladesh Limited, and Karnafuli Fertiliser Company Ltd were awarded under the medicine and chemistry category while Mediastar Limited, East West Media Group Ltd, Somoy Media Ltd, and Times Media Ltd under the Print and Electronic Media category.
Swadesh Properties Ltd, Shanta Holdings Ltd, and AWR Developments (BD) Ltd were awarded under the real estate category.
The readymade garment category award went to Square Fashion Ltd, Universal Jeans Limited, Titas Sportswear Industries Ltd, Rifat Garments Ltd, Youngone Hi-Tech Sportswear Industries Ltd, Nice Denim Mills Ltd and Fakir Knitwears Ltd.
The leather industry category tax card went to Bata Shoe Company (Bangladesh) Ltd, Alliance Leather Goods and Footwear Ltd, and Apex Footwear Ltd while other category tax awards went to British American Tobacco Bangladesh Ltd, Sadharan Bima Corporation, American Life Insurance Company, and EDOTCO Bangladesh Co Ltd.
The farm category award went to Messrs SN Corporation, Walton Plaza, Messrs Md Jamil Iqbal, and Messrs Saleh Ahmad.
The local authority category award went to Bangladesh Bridge Authority and the association of person tax card went to Sena Kalyan Sangstha head office and Bangladesh Bank Karmachari Samabay Rindan Samiti.
The other category went to ASA, Bureau Bangladesh, BRAC, and Samwhan-Mir Akhter Joint Venture.
Individuals
Golam Dastogir Gazi, Khawaza Tazmahal, Fazlur Rahman, Dr Mostafizur Rahman, and Abdul Muktadir got tax cards under the senior citizen category while A Matin Chowdhury, Md Nasir Uddin Mridha, Md Amzad Hossain, Md Joynal Abedin, Lieutenant General Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim (retired) under gazetted injured freedom fighters.
Akram Mahmud, Dr Md Mamunur Rashid, and Md Shahjamal were awarded under physically-challenged taxpayers and Anowara Hossain, Shahnaj Rahman, Nilufar Ferdous, Mituli Mahbub and Shayla Afrin Khandaker got the tax card under women category.
Ahmed Arif Billah, Md Shahed Shahriar, Sardin Rahman Antu, Nasiruddin Akter Rashid, and Sri Rakesh Kumar received the honour under the young (below 40 years) category.
Besides, the business category went to Md Kaus Mia, Gazi Golam Mortuza, SM Ashraful Alam, SM Shamsul Alam, SM Mahbubul Alam, and the salaried category went to Md Yousuf, Rubayet Farzana Hossain, Hosne Ara Hossen, Laila Hossain and MA Haider Hossain.
Journalist category tax cards went to Faridur Reza, Mahmuz Anam, Motiur Rahman, Mohammad Abdul Malek, and Shykh Seraj.
Sheikh Fazle Nur Taposh, Nihad Kabir, Ahsanul Karim, Towfiqa Aftab and Kazi Mohammad Tanjebul Alam got tax cards under the lawyer category while Mohammad Atiqur Rahman, Mohammad Abdul Awal, and AHM Jahirul Haq under engineer category.
Mohammad Fayez Ullah, Mohammad Rafiq Azam, and Khan Mohammad Mustafa Khaleed were awarded under the architect category while Mohammad Faruk, Mashuk Ahmod, and Sneyashis Barua were awarded as accountant professionals.
Ryan Michael Ott, Md Ali Nur, Md Rafiqul Islam, Zara Zerin Zaman, Shah Alam Uddin, Antara Zyma, and Mohammad Aminul Haq were awarded under the new taxpayer category.
Sakib Al Hasan, Md Mahmud Ullah, and Tamim Iqbal Khan were named under the player category, and Mahfuz Ahmed, Farida Akter Babita, and Md Siam Ahmed under the actor and actress category.
Tahsan Rahman Khan, SD Rubel, and Momtaz Begum got tax cards under the singer category and Nafis Sikder, SAK Ekramuzzaman, and Md Monir Hossain were awarded under other individual categories.
