National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman Mohammad Abdul Mazid on Sunday said better mobilisation of internal resources could reduce the heavy weight of foreign loan, reports bdnews24.com.

"This country belongs to all of us. We liberated this country through a lot of struggles and a war. So we all will have to protect the country together.

We need to reduce the burden of foreign loan and for this mobilisation of internal resources has to be increased.

"The number of new taxpayers has to be increased," the NBR chairman said at a motivational meeting at Kurigram Town Hall.

"Every year we have to pay instalments on interests on foreign loan to the tune of Tk 14,000 crore. Making plans sitting in Dhaka will not help come out of this situation. People at districts and upazilas will have to be heard and acted upon accordingly."

The Kurigram tax department and the district administration organised the meeting to encourage spontaneous taxpayers.

Deputy commissioner Md Jalal Uddin presided over the meeting while commissioner of Rangpur tax zone Md Belal Uddin, Kurigram Chamber of Commerce and Industries vice president Abdul Aziz Miah and local businessman Subrata Kumar Sen spoke.

In the meeting 44 from Kurigram Sadar upazila, one from Phulbari, four from Ulipur, three from Chilmari, three from Bhurungamari, two from Rajarhat and 19 from Nageswari upazila submitted income tax returns to the NBR chairman.

bdnews24.com Lalmonirhat correspondent quoted Mazid as saying that though economic activities increased in the country, the number of taxpayers did not increase proportionately.

He made the remarks at a motivational meeting for taxpayers at the conference room of Lalmonirhat deputy commissioner on Sunday, with DC Md Rafiqul Islam in the chair.

The NBR chief urged the people to spontaneously pay income tax

Lalmonirhat Chamber of Commerce and Industries president Sirajul Islam, Rangpur tax zone-2 inspector Nurul Islam Bhuiyan and journalist Mukul Mahbub spoke at the meeting.

A total of 44 new taxpayers spontaneously filed income tax returns to the NBR chairman there.

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