NBR cranks up heat on brick makers
In a bid to ensure tax coming to the administrator properly, the National Board of Revenue has made submission of tax clearance certificate compulsory for licence renewals and environmental clearance of brick kilns.
The NBR yesterday asked all deputy commissioners to issue permit renewals in favour of brick field owners by checking tax clearance certificates.
It also informed the Department of Environment (DoE) that brick field operators will have to submit tax clearance certificates for taking environmental clearance.
“We have taken the step to plug in the scope of tax evasion. Brick makers did not have the obligation to submit tax clearance certificates for permit renewals and environmental clearance,” a senior NBR official said, seeking to remain unnamed.
The tax authority's move comes after it increased advance tax for operators of the country's 6,791 brick kilns, according to the DoE.
From now on, brick makers will have to pay up to 55 percent higher withholding tax during renewal of permits.
Brick manufacturers will have to pay Tk 45,000 as advance tax for each unit and Tk 70,000 for one and half units. The amount of withholding tax was raised 50 percent to Tk 90,000 for two sections brick field.
Owners of brick kilns, who manufacture the construction material through automatic machines, will have to pay Tk 150,000 withholding tax from July 1 this year.
Currently, there are 53 auto-brick kilns in the country, according to DoE.
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