In his budget speech given earlier this year, Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposed honouring families with the title where all members are paying taxes for a long period of time.
He made the proposal to encourage taxpayers and thereby, meet his target to earn a third of revenue from income tax.
In English, the word ‘Kor’ means tax.
NBR honoured the families who paid highest amount of taxes at district and national levels in fiscal 2016-17.
Sixteen families from Dhaka and eight families from Chittagong received the honour.
No one from Rangamati or Khagrhachharhi districts received the honour. The family of Mahbubur Rahman was awarded the honour from Bandarban in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.