Bangladesh Civil Service (Taxation) Association

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Bangladesh Civil Service (Taxation) Association
Headquarters Dhaka, Bangladesh
Location
  • 63 New Eskaton, Dhaka
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Website bcstaxationassociation.com

The Bangladesh Civil Service (Taxation) Association, also called BCS Taxation Association, [1] is the association of the Bangladesh Civil Service taxation cadre. [2] [3] Md Lutful Azim and Sheikh Shamim Bulbul are the president and secretary general of Bangladesh Civil Service (Taxation) Association. [4]

History

Bangladesh Civil Service is the civil service of Bangladesh with various cadres serving in different branches. [5] The taxation cadre in on the branches and manages tax collection and organizations such as the National Board of Revenue. [5] [6] [7] All cadres have their own associations such as Bangladesh Administrative Service Association, Bangladesh Police Service Association, and Bangladesh Judicial Service Association. [8]

MA Quader Sarker, commissioner of taxes, and Salim Afzal, were elected President and General Secretary of the association respectively in 2009. [9]

In July 2015, Abdur Razzaque, National Board of Revenue, and Alamgir Hossain, Central Intelligence Cell, were elected President and General Secretary of the association respectively. [10] The association protested the shooting of National Board of Revenue member Barrister Jahangir Hossain. [11]

Md Rezaul Karim Chowdhury and Mohammad Fazley Ahad Kaiser were elected President and General Secretary of the association respectively in 2020. [12] In April, the association donated one day salary to the relief fund of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accepted by her principal secretary Ahmad Kaikaus. [13]

Tax commissioners Md Iqbal Hossain and Mohammad Mahmuduzzaman were elected President and General Secretary of the association respectively in 2022. [14] Commissioner of taxation Md Lutful Azeem and additional commissioner of taxation Sheikh Shameem Bulbul, were elected President and General Secretary of the association respectively in 2024. [15] Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government the association demanded the appointment of a new chairman of the National Board of Revenue from its senior members. [16]

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