Dhaka, April 29 -- The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has selected 72,341 income-tax returns for audit in the second phase of its automated audit process for the 2023-24 tax year, aiming to strengthen revenue mobilisation and ensure greater transparency.

Earlier, in the first phase conducted in July 2025, the NBR selected 15,494 cases for audit through a random selection method.

Under the new system, several specific criteria were followed, with each tax circle required to select a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 200 taxpayers for audit.

Since there is no provision for manual intervention in the selection process, the system is expected to ensure complete transparency in audit selection and improve taxpayer confidence.

The list of sel...