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Three wheelers to be under tax net
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19 Apr 2018, 00:00
National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md. Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan has said that CNG run auto rickshaws and other three wheelers to be brought under tax coverage in the budget of 2018-19 fiscal year.
He said this at a pre budget discussion with automobiles and transport businessmen at the NBR meeting room in the capital on Thursday.
He said, from next fiscal year the Tax Identification Number (TIN) will be made obligatory for the three wheelers owners.
In the meeting Md. Ansar Ali, president of Four Stroke CNG run Auto rickshaw and Three wheelers Owners Association Bangladesh said, CNG run auto rickshaw owners should have trade license. As well as owners should have brought under tax net. Besides CNG auto rickshaw should come under app based service.
He said that they should be association member and get the certificates. There were 32 thousand CNG run auto rickshaws but the number is at present 20 thousand.
Leaders of Bangladesh Automobile Workshop Owners Association, Four Stroke CNG run Auto rickshaw and Three wheelers Owners Association of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association, Bangladesh Motor Parts and Tire Tube Business Association and others organizations took part in the meeting.
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