Govt decides to separate tax policy from collections; Dr Salehuddin
Finance adviser to the interim government Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Sunday said the government has decided to separate tax policy from tax collection activities to ensure proper functioning of the country’s revenue board.
The finance adviser said the move of separating two major parts of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has long been discussed but unfortunately it has not been implemented yet.
“We have decided in principle to separate the tax policy part from the tax collection. It means people who make tax policy will not be responsible to collect tax. But it may take some time,” he said while speaking as the chief guest at the opening session of Annual Conference 2023 of International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB).
The IBFB hosted the event at Gulshan Club in the city where ...