Dhaka, April 27 -- Splitting tax authority under the newly framed ordinance may put tax-revenue mobilisation in jeopardy as revenue officials say they have found numerous major flaws in the draft law.

Even the proposed ordinance is not aligned with the National Board of Revenue (NBR) advisory committee for reform that the interim government formed to recommend separation.

Income tax, customs and VAT officials have said they welcome the bifurcation of the NBR into policy and implementation bodies, but dissolving the NBR and allowing other cadres in revenue policy and management disappointed them.

Talking to the FE, a number of tax, VAT and customs officials demanded immediate amendments to the ordinance.

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