Dhaka, Dec. 6 -- The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday unveiled names of nine firms that paid the highest amounts in value added tax to the state coffer nationally in fiscal year 2020-21. Two mobile financial service providers, bKash and Nagad, topped the list, according to a notification.

IFIC Bank is another entity that was one of the top three highest VAT paying entities.

In manufacturing sector, Olympic Industries, one of the biggest biscuit makers, topped the list followed by drug maker The Ibne Sina and Social Marketing Company Enterprise, which is well known for its oral saline. In trading category, the NBR said electronics giant Walton and supermarket chains Agora and Unimart were the highest VAT depositors.

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