Tax Evasion
Partex Group chairman,7 others sued
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday filed a tax evasion case against former BNP lawmaker and Partex Group Chairman MA Hashem and seven others with a Dhaka court.
The other accused include Hashem’s wife Sultana Hashem and sons Aziz-al Kaiser, Aziz-al Mahmud, Aziz-al Masud, Shawkat Aziz, Ashfaq Aziz and Joynal Abedin general manager (finance and accounts).
Deputy Tax Commissioner of the NBR Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman filed the case with the Senior Special Judge’s Court for dodging tax amounting to Tk 13 crore from fiscal year 2005-2006 to 2008-2009.
After the hearing, Judge Mohammad Zohurul Hoque recorded statement of the complainant and fixed today for order on the issue.
In the complaint, Ashrafuzzaman stated Hashem and others concealed information about the income of Tk 53.64 crore in their tax returns and also provided false information about the expenditure of the company.
Earlier, two more tax evasion cases were filed against the accused.
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