This was all thanks to an NBR initiative to boost the collection of value added tax (VAT) from the retail level and plug the scope for evading this charge. As such, the NBR recently announced this prize along with 100 others which would be disbursed through lotteries in a bid to encourage people to ask for machine-generated receipts, ensuring that the actual amount of VAT paid goes to the state coffer .
Source: thedailystar.net
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