The Bangladesh Bank building at Motijheel Mehedi Hasan/ Dhaka TribuneNational Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem and Finance Division Senior Secretary Abdur Rouf Talukder jointly inaugurate the automated challan System virtuallyAutomated challan system was launched yesterday to ease the existing system of depositing money through treasury challans for reducing sufferings of the clients, checking deposition of fake challans and averting the trend of tax evasion. The release said this system would ensure deposition of money to the state Coffer through challans in due time as through this automated challan system, anyone would be able to deposit the money of treasury challans at Bangladesh Bank or any other branch of the commercial banks. In case of depositing money through cash, online banking or mobile financial system, the clients will get copies of their challans immediately. The automated challans System will be implemented across the country in three phases. The release said if this automated challan system could be implemented in full-scale, then it would be possible to bring in an epoch-making progress in the revenue management of the government side by side transparency and accountability will be ensured in the Revenue deposition system.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 08, 2020 11:03 UTC