Tax Evasion
Trial of Partex Group chair begins
Trial of a tax evasion case filed against former BNP lawmaker and Partex Group Chairman MA Hashem began with deposition of complainant at a Dhaka court yesterday.
Judge Mohammad Zohurul Hoque of the Senior Special Judge's Court recorded statement of complainant Kabir Uddin Mollah, deputy tax commissioner of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), and Hashem's lawyer cross-examined the complainant.
The court fixed for the next hearing May 18 and summoned the rest witnesses to appear before it on the scheduled date.
Kabir Uddin filed the case against Hashem on August 23 last year on charge of dodging tax of Tk 4,76,09,845 from 1977-1978 to 2005-2006 fiscal years.
In the case statement, Kabir said Hashem evaded Tk 4,76,09,845 in income tax on Tk 18,93,42,380 earned from different sources. He repeatedly provided false information about his income and expenditure, the statement said.
Hashem, during submitting his tax returns, said he did not conceal any information about his income and expenditure. But NBR rejected his claim.
Meantime, the High Court on April 7 stayed for a period of three months the proceeding of another tax evasion case filed against Hashem, his wife, six sons and two officials for dodging Tk 232.45 crore.
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