Taxpayers who are paying back to the government coffer for a long time will be recognised as ‘Kor Bahadurs’ – meaning champions of tax, Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposed today.

“I am proposing to declare the title ‘Kor Bahadur’ to the families where all members are paying taxes for long period of time,” Muhith said in his budget speech.

Muhith also said in order to motivate the valued taxpayers of the country, 370 top income taxpayers and 147 top long-term income taxpayers, in total 517, have been awarded in the current fiscal year.

“In order to inspire the compliant taxpayers and to bring new taxpayers under the tax-net, the scope of ‘tax card’ has been widened and this year 141 tax cards in various categories have been awarded.”