More than 200 officials of the National Board of Revenue on Tuesday apologised to NBR chairman Abdur Rahman Khan after their recent protests.
The officials linked to protesting platform NBR Reform Unity Council offered their apologies.
NBR officials said that over 200 income tax cadre officers, from batches 40 to 28, had made personal appeals to the chairman.
The apology seeking officials said that the initial 鈥榩eaceful鈥� protests demanding the cancellation of the Revenue Policy and the Revenue Management Ordinance were justified.
However, they said that the move to implement later the 鈥榗omplete shutdown鈥� that severely impacted economic activities was a misstep.
鈥榃hile we initially sought peaceful change, the extreme measures were detrimental to the economy, and it became clear that this approach was not appropriate. Understanding the gravity of the situation, we have come to apologise to the chairman,鈥� said an official.
Several senior officials have mentioned that the chairman forgave the protesting staff, though the government would make the final decision regarding the broader impact of the protests on the economy.
The protests ended on June 29, with the government taking tough stance and declaring the NBR services as 鈥榚ssential services鈥� on the day.
Earlier past week, the Anti-Corruption Commission initiated investigations into corruption allegations against 16 NBR officials, including leaders of the NBR Reform Unity Council that spearheaded the tax officials鈥� protests against the NBR splitting and its chairman.
Following the protest, the government sent three members and one commissioner of the NBR into retirement and temporarily suspended the commissioner of the Chittagong Customs House.
