The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Savar

NBR chairman Muhammad Abdul Mazid said that his agency does not want to collect tax like Zemindars who used to apply force.

"NBR officials don't want to behave like Zemindars. NBR wants that people pay their taxes willingly," he said yesterday.

He was speaking at a programme meant to motivate taxpayers at Savar Municipality auditorium as chief guest. Tax Zone-4 organised the meeting where other top tax officials were present.

The NBR chairman said his agency would give a special card to the taxpayers who will pay their taxes willingly.

Mazid mentioned that per head burden of loan on each people of the country is Tk 12,545 and the annual installment of the loan interests is 14 times higher than the national budget. "We have to come out of this vicious cycle," he said. "Paying taxes is the only way to stand on our own feet."

Later some 452 new taxpayers got their certificate as taxpayers by depositing Tk 12.12 lakh.