The NBR aims to increase the number of taxpayers to 3.5 million and the number of e-TIN holders to five million. There was a time when only 700,000 people used to pay tax which has increased to more than three million now, said Muhith. There are different types of taxes and number of taxpayers become 10 million if all of those taxes are counted. It should be more.”People are paying taxes as the present government has been providing different services and the standards of living increased. The income tax fair will continue to Nov 19 in seven divisional cities.

Source: bd News24 November 13, 2018 11:15 UTC