Bangladesh, Nov. 13 -- The number of foreign taxpayers has remained the same during the last three years, despite the government's efforts to trace the illegal aliens.
The National Board of Revenue, or NBR, has devised fiscal policies, conducted physical inspection and formed taskforces in the last few years to raise the number of foreign taxpayers.
But the figure hovered at around 10,000 during the fiscal years 2018-19, 2017-18 and 2016-17 respectively, officials said.
The number of foreign nationals, having Taxpayers Identification Number, or TIN, was around 9,500 at the end of June 30, 2019 in Dhaka, according to data obtained by the FE.
Although the presence of foreign nationals in the ciuntry is understood to have increased, the nu...