Transcom Group Chairman Shahnaz Rahman has been named as the highest taxpayer in the 'female' category for the tax year of 2021-2022.
Shahnaz Rahman, wife of late Latifur Rahman, former chairman of Transcom Group, was honoured with the same status several times previously for paying the highest amount of tax to the government treasury.
Then Latifur Rahman and his family also got the honour of the 'Kar Bahadur' family from the National Board of Revenue (NBR).
Mediastar Ltd, a company of Transcom Group, has been selected as the best taxpayer in the print and electronic media category this year. Mediastar is the owning company of the Prothom Alo.
The four other individuals in the list of the best taxpayers in the female category are Anwara Hossain, Amina Ahmed, Tasmin Mahmud and Parveen Hasan.
The NBR has published the names of 141 individuals and companies as the top taxpayers for the 2021-22 tax year this week. A gazette has also been published to this effect.
Of them, 76 are individuals. The companies represented banks, non-banks, telecom, engineering, food, energy, jute, spinning, textiles, pharmaceuticals, print and electronic media, housing, readymade garments and leather sectors.
The NBR will honour the top taxpayers and provide them with tax cards through an event at Officers' Club Dhaka on December 28.
The tax administration has been honouring the top taxpayers and giving them tax cards since 2016.
