The NBR Reform Unity Council on Wednesday announced a series of fresh programmes, including continuous non-cooperation with the NBR chairman, to press home their demands.
Beginning today (Wednesday), the Council will continue its non-cooperation with the Chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), said a press statement issued by the Unity.
The statement also mentioned that a memorandum outlining their demands will be submitted to the Chief Adviser on Thursday.
On Thursday, a sit-in programme will be staged at NBR and its respective offices in and outside Dhaka. But export and international passenger services will be exempted from this.
A complete strike will be observed in all offices of the Tax, Customs and VAT Department, except Customs House and LC Stations, on May 24 and May 25.
The strike will be observed from 9 am to 5 pm at Customs House and LC Stations on these two days. But, export and international passenger services will be exempted from the strike.
A complete strike will be observed in all the offices of the Tax, Customs and VAT Department, except International Passenger Services, from May 26.
The Unity today included a new demand with their old three ones, which is immediate removal of NBR Chairman Md Abdur Rahman.
The old demands are: The issued ordinance should be immediately repealed, recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Revenue Reform should be published on the website for the public and After discussing and reviewing the draft proposed by the NBR and the recommendations of the Advisory Committee, appropriate and sustainable revenue system reforms should be ensured with the opinions of all stakeholders, including aspiring organisations, business organisations, civil society and political leadership.
In the statement, the Unity mentioned that one thing has been apparent to them from the beginning that the NBR Chairman has not provided accurate information to the government policymakers regarding the scope and rationality of our systematic program. “Instead, he has concealed the information, which has brought the situation to its current state,” it said.
Meanwhile, the process of forming an ad hoc committee of the NBR Reform Unity Council, comprising officials and employees from all levels of the Customs, VAT and Tax Departments of the NBR, has almost been finalised.
The initial list of members of the ad hoc committee for grade-10 and above will be published tomorrow (Thursday).
Then, the initial list of members from grade-11 to grade-20 will also be published sequentially.