The revenue authority has claimed Tk 9.24 billion in unpaid taxes from mobile telephone operator Robi Axiata Limited.
The National Board of Revenue INBR) has sent five letters to the mobile operator regarding the matter, with the fifth being sent last Tuesday.
“This is a massive tax claim,” Commissioner Matiur Rahman of the NBR’s Large Taxpayers Unit said. “None of the other telecoms companies have so much in unpaid taxes.”
The NBR would take all possible measures to claim the unpaid taxes, the official said.
Robi Head of Regulatory Affairs Shahed Alam says the NBR is making ‘unjust’ claims based on an ‘unnecessary audit’.
Robi Axiata, the second largest telecom operator in Bangladesh, was formed after the merger of Robi and Aktel in 2016, reports bdnews24.
According to statistics from last December, its subscribers’ base stands at 42.9 million, nearly 29 percent of which are mobile phone users.
The NBR audited the financial statements of the telecoms company following the 2016 merger of Robi and Airtel.