The Income Tax Department raided Chittagong Club and Chittagong Senior’s Club, known as two VIP clubs of Chittagong. As the allegations were proved, two clubs were fined Tk 20 lakhs.

Two special task force teams of tax zone-3 of Chittagong conducted these operations at the same time on Wednesday (June 5) morning. The Special Task Force Team is constituted of Additional Commissioners of Taxes, Joint Commissioners of Taxes, Deputy Commissioners of Taxes and Inspectors of Taxes.

During the raid, the books of account of Chittagong Club and Chittagong Senior’s Club, information kept in computers and proof of tax deduction at source against various bills and expenses were examined. At this time several data were seized for detailed review.

As various allegations were proved during the operation, Chief Financial Officer ASM Sajjad Hossain Chowdhury on behalf of Chittagong Club immediately submitted a pay order of Tk 10 lakh 15 thousand and Chief Accounts Officer Amit Das Tk 5 lakh on behalf of Chittagong Senior’s Club to the task force team.
Apart from non-deduction of tax at source in purchase, supply and service sector as per Income Tax Act, there are various allegations against these two elite clubs. During the operation, all the documents of the two clubs were seized due to discrepancies in the documents.