DHAKA, Jan 16, 2025 (BSS) - Advisory committee member to initiate reforms in
the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Muhammad Abdul Mazid today said they
would propose implementable proposals for the revenue collecting authority.

"We will give an implementable proposal, the government would go through that
way," he said while holding a view exchange meeting with the members of the
Economic Reporters' Forum (ERF) at the NBR in the capital today.
 
He, however, noted that this suggestion must not be implemented over night.
"We have to step in to a path, we have to initiate the process, this is not
like that we won't be able to do," he said.

Mazid, who is now the chairman of the Social Development Foundation (SDF),
said it is not be wise to expect cent percent achievements right now. "That's
why we are not going to give specific time frame," he said.
 
The former NBR chairman said that the Committee wanted to build up a better
understanding among all stakeholders.

He said that the Committee has already given an interim report. "Now it is in
the court of the government," he said.

But, Mazid put emphasis on the implementation of the proposals during the
tenure of the interim government.
 
The Committee members and former NBR chairman Nasiruddin Ahmed and former NBR
member Farid Uddin were present at the meeting while ERF president Doulot
Akter Mala led the ERF team.

The government on October 9 last year constituted the Committee to provide
recommendations on tax policy reforms, improvements in tax administration,
automation and other related matters. The other two members are: Delwar
Hossain and Aminur Rahman.