Finance and Commerce Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday asked the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to expedite the export-import activities after proper verification of documents.  

“We told them to release the items from the ports scrutinizing all the required documents,” he told reporters after meeting NBR officials at the NBR at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar during his maiden visit.

He mentioned that the National Board of Revenue is an important organization for the government and they have a big role to flourish industries and trade in the country.

“Their job is to collect revenue, the collection has to be maximum without giving any trouble to the taxpayers, but they have to follow the rules and regulations properly,” he said.

The adviser also said that he asked the NBR to take effective measures for increasing the tax GDP ratio, which is below double digit right now.

”We can not advance by always taking loans from others,” he said.

Responding to a question, NBR Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan said that the NBR will take all necessary measures to attain the revenue target of Tk 480,000 crore in the running fiscal.

“We will ensure that there will be no leakage and collect the revenue at the proper time. For that our revenue officials will work hard,” he said.

He mentioned that the NBR will try to give its appropriate services at the quickest possible time.

“We will give the businesses our full confidence to earn our revenue,” he said.