The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is going to take legal action against a businessman in Bogra for evading tax.
Md Abdus Salam, deputy commissioner of taxes at Bogra Circle-1 of the NBR, told this correspondent yesterday that they would likely to file a case against Gouri Shankar Prosad, owner of GS International in Bogra, today.
Earlier on December 8, 2011, a board meeting of the NBR decided to take legal action against the businessman following an investigation report submitted by its Central Intelligence Cell (CIC).
NBR sources quoting the report said the businessman evaded Tk 16.30 crore tax by preparing fake documents on import of commodities, including onion and garlic, during the fiscals 2007-2008 and 2009-2010.
Refuting the allegation, Gouri Shankar said the NBR move is meant for harassing him.
“Despite repeated request to assess the actual amount of tax that I have to pay, they did not give me the assessment report.”
However, NBR official Abdus Salam said Gouri Shankar never submitted any application to the NBR for the assessment.