The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

The revenue collection has increased by 74.11 per cent in northern tax zone exceeding the target during the nine months of the current fiscal following some pragmatic measures of the National Board of Revenue (NBR).

The collection of the revenue was recorded at Taka 911 crore till March this year that exceeded the target of Taka 856 crore during the current fiscal year 2007-08.

A revenue friendly atmosphere created by the government and the recent NBR measures to ensure transparency and accountability in the administration helped the revenue officials to attain this impressive performance.

Talking to BSS Md Enayet Hossain, Commissioner of Dhaka (north) Tax zone said he expect at least Taka 200 to 250 crore additional tax might be realized during the fiscal as more progressive steps have already been taken to increase the tax collection in the region.

"Once this growth was out of imagine. Now situation has changed and our friendly approach is being welcomed by the tax payers", Hossain said adding the other tax zones also experienced impressive growth in tax collection during the period.

The northern tax zone includes Gazipur, Mymensingh, Netrokona, Tangail, Jamalpur, Manikganj, Kishorganj, Sherpur and northern part of Dhaka districts. In this zone, the total revenue collection was recorded at Taka 723 crore during the last fiscal.