Corruption in income tax department

I fully endorse the views expressed by Mr Al-Mamun Zakaria from Mirpur on corruption in the income tax department, published in DS on 31 December, 2004. My case is exactly similar, so is the experience. I work in a foreign establishment in Dhaka and constructed a house here with a heavy loan from the HBFC. While assessing income tax payable by me, every year the officials concerned raise a good number of queries, make inquires and visit my residence for on-the-spot verification of facts.

All these routinely fail to satisfy the tax collectors who are more eager to be satisfied otherwise. They insist on payments under the table. This is a perennial hassle. I am sure countless other common tax payers are harassed on various pretexts. Any effort to check corruption in the country should begin with this department which, to my mind, is the number one corrupt organisation.

May we request the ACC to take steps to check rampant and widespread corruption in this department?