DHAKA, Sept 23, 2019 (BSS) – The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has
directed its field officials, to send the applications filed by the
businesses for getting the 13-digit VAT registration or Electronic Business
Identification Number (E-BIN) to the concerned commissioner to dispose those
speedily.
The NBR issued a directive to its field officials last week in this regard.
The revenue board has recently observed that a big portion of such
applications from the businessmen are not going to the concerned
Commissionarate, rather going to different Commissionarates.
Talking to BSS, NBR Member (VAT implementation and IT) M Jamal Hossain said
the board quite often observes that a major chunk of the VAT registration
applications are not going to the concerned Commissionarate, rather to
different Commissionarates and the applicants are committing such errors,
which linger their wait to get such registration.
“Despite such errors from the applicants, we’ve asked the field-level
officials to send these applications to the office of the concerned
commissioner so that the businessmen get their VAT registration within a
limited time,” he said.
Jamal also informed that necessary action would be taken against those
officials who would be found responsible for not processing or sending the
applications of the businessmen to the concerned commissioner’s office in due
time.
Earlier, the NBR launched the online registration system to bring all
business entities under the tax net as well as to stop issuing registration
against baseless and fake entities and thus making the registration process
transparent, speedy and harassment-free.
It has been made mandatory for the business establishment to adopt a 13-
digit new EBIN number scrapping the old 11-digit VAT registration.