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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started an investigation into serious corruption at the National Board of Revenue (NBR).
Several NBR officials have been accused of taking big bribes to help companies avoid paying taxes and customs duties. This has caused the government to lose a lot of money every year.
In some cases, NBR officials accepted bribes to lower the tax amounts owed by certain companies. If business owners refused to pay bribes, some officials reportedly filed false cases against those businesses to harass them.
There are also reports that taxpayers who paid extra or advance tax faced trouble getting refunds. Many had to pay more money—sometimes half of the refund—as bribes or gifts to get back what they were owed.
The ACC is now looking into the activities of six NBR officials who are accused of gaining illegal wealth over the past 20–25 years.
They include AKM Badiul Alam, Mirza Ashiq Rana, Mohammad Morshed Uddin Khan, Monalisa Shahreen Sushmita, Hasan Tarek Rikabdar, and Sadhan Kumar Kundu.
The case has raised concerns about long-term corruption and unfair practices at NBR.