Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed has assured the protesting officials of the National Board of Revenue that he would consider the issues raised by them.
According to a finance ministry press release, Salehuddin accompanied by several other advisers at a meeting on Tuesday heard various concerns, recommendations and opinions from the NBR officials over the ordinance which split the revenue board into two divisions.
The meeting was attended by the members of the NBR Reform Advisory Committee, representatives of BCS (tax) cadre and BCS (customs and excise) cadre.
Along with finance adviser, environment adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan, power and energy adviser Muhammad Fauzul Kabir Khan, Finance Division secretary Md Khairuzzaman Majumdar amd NBR chairman Abdur Rahman Khan were also present.
The press release stated that during the discussion, the members of the NBR Reform Advisory Committee, representatives from the BCS (tax) cadre and BCS (customs and excise) cadre, expressed their views and suggestions regarding the Revenue Policy and Revenue Management Ordinance, 2025.
Earlier on Sunday, on the fourth day of pen-down strike, the protesting NBR officials under the banner of NBR Sangskar Oikya Parishad (NBR reform unity council) said that they were no longer interested in meeting solely with the finance adviser, stressing that more advisers must join the negotiations.
Earlier on May 12, the interim government promulgated the ordinance dissolving the revenue board and splitting it into two divisions under the finance ministry in a move to modernise the tax administration and boost revenue collection.
The ordinance was approved by president Mohammed Sahabuddin and signed by law secretary Hafiz Ahmed Chowdhury.
The divisions to be created are Revenue Policy Division and Revenue Management Division, in keeping with the International Monetary Fund鈥檚 key condition of separating tax policy from tax administration.
NBR officials have opposed the decision since the advisory council approved the draft ordinance in April to split the board.
