| For the first time, the government has decided to honour 10 individuals and 10 organisations as 'honest taxpayers' by presenting them with 'Honest Tax Cards', which will give them priority access to a number of government organisations and fetch invitation for the state programmes.
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has directed the National Board of Revenue to find out honest taxpayers, who are not only paying big amounts as taxes but paying them regularly and without whitening their black money.
The Honest Tax Card holders will be honoured on 15th September 2010, the National Tax Day.
"To create a tax-friendly environment and encourage the taxpayers, we are going to introduce this Honest Tax Card for those with a good track record on tax payment. A committee is working on it to select the nominees who will be ultimately endorsed by the Cabinet," said Chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Dr Nasir Uddin Ahmed.
NBR sources said in his budget speech last time, the finance minister had announced to honour the 'real and honest taxpayers' in this fashion.
According to the NBR, the Honest Tax Card holders will be able to get tickets of national airlines, buses and trains on priority basis. They will also be treated as VIPs like other VIPs and will get invitation for national programmes.
Prior to introducing this tax card, the government also introduced 'Best Taxpayer of the Year' scheme since the fiscal 2007-2008 at district and city levels. It caught the attention of the taxpayers. Under this scheme, the government has been honouring three persons from one district - two for paying taxes over a reasonable period of time and one for paying highest tax in that particular area.
Also, the government decided to honour 10 non-resident Bangladeshis, along with 81 businessmen and industrialists, as Commercially Important Persons (CIP) for their contribution to the economic development of the country starting current fiscal. published on July 27, 2010; The Independent
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Anis Alamgir
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