PM for simple, friendly revenue system to encourage voluntary tax payment

Says NBR must become a trusted, people-friendly institution 18 SEC(s) UPDATED 19 SEC(s) Photo: PMO Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today stressed making tax management and collection procedures simple, corruption- and harassment-free and transforming the National Board of Revenue (NBR) into a trusted, people-friendly institution so that people feel comfortable paying taxes voluntarily."Tax management and collection procedures must be simple, corruption- and harassment-free so that people feel comfortable paying taxes voluntarily," he said."Repeatedly increasing the tax burden on the same taxpayers is not a sustainable way to increase revenue. Rather, it is very necessary to identify the people who are able to pay tax and bring them under tax net through proper measures. Thus, there is no alt