Adequate awareness should be created among the businesspersons and consumers to inspire them in paying value added tax (VAT) and income tax properly for further strengthening of the national economy.
The opinion came at a post-rally discussion organised by the Divisional Customs, Excise and VAT Commissionerate at its conference room in the city on Saturday afternoon in observance of the National VAT Day- 2016.
Earlier, a colourful rally, participated by officials and employees of the Divisional Customs, Excise and VAT Commissionerate, businesspersons, VAT payers, civil society members and local elite, was brought out in the city.
Mayor of Rangpur Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu attended the discussion as the chief guest with Divisional Commissioner of Customs, Excise and VAT Commissionerate Mohammad Ahsanul Haque in the chair.
Member (Survey and Inspection) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Zia Uddin Mahmud and Commissioner of Taxes for Rangpur Zone Harun Ar Rashid, addressed the occasion as special guests.
Joint Commissioner of Divisional Customs, Excise and VAT Commissionerate AKM Nurul Huda Azad delivered welcome speech narrating importance of paying VAT for enhancing revenue earning to accelerate national developments.
A number of the highest VAT payers from all over Rangpur division also addressed the function.
The chief guest called for conducting motivational activities to convince the businesspersons and common consumers for spontaneous payments of VAT and all taxes to make the nation self-reliant and developed at its own.
In his concluding speech, Mohammad Ahsanul Haque stressed on enhancing revenue earning in the forms of VAT and taxes to strengthen the national economy for building a middle income nation by 2021 and a developed country by 2041.
Later, the chief guest distributed crests and citations among the top fifteen VAT payers of different business establishments, factories and industries of different districts under Rangpur division, reports BSS, Rangpur.
