Dhaka, July 14 -- The National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan has revealed that 7.2 million individual taxpayers do not file their income tax returns despite having a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN).

He said among those who do file tax returns, around 3 million are not paying income tax.

The NBR, citing the chairman, disclosed the information at a media briefing on Monday, reports bdnews24.com.

The briefing, citing information from the income tax department's revenue collection review meeting in July, mentioned that the NBR chairman has instructed officials to encourage non-filers with a TIN to submit their tax returns.

He directed the maximum utilisation of manpower to ensure return filing, saying: "To coll...