NBR reforms possible, but can't be done overnight: Reform committee member
“We have to step into a path, we have to initiate the process, this is not like that we will not be able to do,” he said
Muhammad Abdul Mazid, a member of the advisory committee to initiate reforms in the National Board of Revenue (NBR), has said they will propose implementable proposals for the revenue collecting authority.
"We will give an implementable proposal, the government would go that way," he said while holding a view exchange meeting with the Economic Reporters' Forum at the NBR on Thursday (16 January).
But he said that this suggestion must not be implemented overnight.
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"We have to step into a path, we have to initiate the process, this is not like that we will not be able to do," he said.
Mazid, former chairman of NBR, currently is chairman of the Social Development Foundation. He said it won't be wise to expect a 100% achievement right now.
"That's why we are not going to give a specific time frame," he said.
He also mentioned that there is nothing to be revolutionary. "This can't be done, our society also does not support that system," 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.
However, he 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 formed 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.
