Technical failure halts online TIN registration

People registering for online taxpayer identification numbers (e-TINs) yesterday faced problems due to a technical glitch in the system.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) website could not be accessed to get electronically generated fresh TINs or re-registration to get 12-digit e-TINs in place of old 10-digit TINs. 

"Due to maintenance, the NBR e-TIN service is temporary unavailable," reads a message posted on the incometax.gov.bd website. 

The problem will be solved as soon as possible, Md Abdur Razzaque, the NBR's acting chairman, said. 

The tax administration launched e-TIN service in July 2014 to clean up its TIN database to establish an electronic tax payment platform. About 17 lakh people have so far signed up for TINs online.