Tax ombudsman takes office in couple of days
Karim made new NBR chief
Staff correspondent
The first tax ombudsman of the country, Khairuzzaman Chowdhury, is likely to take office in a couple of days. The government has appointed Chowdhury for a four-year term as the tax ombudsman to oversee the taxpayers' accounts. Chowdhury spent his last day at office yesterday as the chairman of National Board of Revenue (NBR). The tax ombudsman will have the same privileges and status of a High Court judge. The appointment letter of the ombudsman stated that the role of the tax ombudsman would be to help curb corruption of tax officials and take preventive measures against bribery and tax evasion. Meanwhile, Commerce Secretary Abdul Karim was appointed the new chairman of NBR yesterday. Karim is supposed to join office today.
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