Khairuzzaman Chowdhury
Khairuzzaman Chowdhury is the Chairman of the National Board of Revenue.[1][2] He was first and only Tax Ombudsman of Bangladesh.[3][4][5]
Career
[edit]On 9 September 2003, Chowdhury was appointed the chairman of the National Board of Revenue replacing Shoaib Ahmed.[6][7] He previously served as the secretary of the Ministry of Food.[7] He increased tax revenue collection during his term as chairman.[8] He was the first person to be appointed chairman of the National Board of Revenue on a contractual basis.[9] He launched operations against black money after the amnesty period announced by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government ended.[10] He proposed anti-dumping laws to protect domestic industries.[11] Chowdhury was the chairman of the National Board of Revenue till 6 July 2006.[6] Partex Group vice chairman Aziz AI Kaiser Tito gifted him a Rolex which he deposited with the government treasury and expressed embarrassment at the expensive gift.[12] Md. Abdul Karim replaced him as the chairman of the National Board of Revenue.[13]
Chowdhury was appointed the first Tax Ombudsman of Bangladesh in 2006.[14][15] He was given the rank and privilege of a judge of the Bangladesh High Court.[16] The office was created after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party led government passed the Tax Ombudsman Act, 2005 after being proposed by M. Saifur Rahman, Minister of Finance.[3] He submitted his first report in April 2007 to President Iajuddin Ahmed at the Bangabhaban.[17] National Board of Revenue ordered its staff to cooperate with Chowdhury in 2008 to improve services which had been poorly received in 2007.[18][19]
In September 2010, Chowdhury's term as the Tax Ombudsman ended and the Awami League government abolished the office through the Tax Ombudsman (Abolition) Bill-2010.[3][20] The decision to abolish the office was criticized by the media and civil society.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Graft goes institutional amid lax NBR watch". The Daily Star. 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 168". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- 1 2 3 4 Mondal, M. Abdul Latif (2010-09-19). "Abolishing tax ombudsman's office". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "Bengal Plastic, Ikebana and Viyellatex Group honoured". The Daily Star. 2008-04-26. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "Law and Our Rights". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- 1 2 "National Board of Revenue (NBR), Bangladesh". nbr.gov.bd. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- 1 2 "New NBR chief takes charge today". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "Revenue posts 13pc growth in FY06". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "Mosharraf new NBR chairman". The Daily Star. 2018-01-04. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "NBR to launch drive to identify black money from July 1". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "Govt to enact anti-dumping law". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "NBR chairman embarrassed with a Rolex watch". Bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "Tax ombudsman takes office in couple of days". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "Law and Our Rights". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "NBR chief likely as 1st Tax Ombudsman". Bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "Khairuzzaman may become tax ombudsman". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "Tax ombudsman submits report to president". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "NBR to ask its officials to carry out Tax Ombudsman's orders". today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "Tax Ombudsman's office receives poor response from taxpayers". today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "Tax ombudsman's office no more". The Daily Star. 2010-07-09. Retrieved 2025-01-26.