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Perbadanan TAIB Hands Over Zakat (Tithe)
Wednesday, 17th December 2008
The handing
over of Zakat (Tithe) ceremony was held between
Perbadanan TAIB and the Majlis Ugama Islam
Brunei (MUIB) at the Ministry of Religious
Affairs Building in Jalan Menteri Besar.
The amount of Zakat (tithe) collected was from a
total of 1,803 TAIB customers’ savings account
for the half year of 2008 totals to
BND$1,561,402.60, was presented by YM Dato
Paduka Dr Haji Mat Suny bin Haji Mohd Hussein,
the Deputy Minister of Development as the
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Perbadanan
TAIB and received by Yang Berhormat Pehin Udana
Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Haji Awang
Badaruddin bin Pengarah Dato Paduka Haji Othman,
Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs.
Also present at the ceremony was Yang Mulia
Pengiran Haji Abdul Rahman bin Pengiran Haji Mat
Salleh. TAIB’s Acting Managing Director of TAIB.
The saving account Zakat (tithe) also known as
‘Zakat Wang Simpanan/Harta’ is contributed once
a customer’s saving reaches a minimum ‘nisab’ or
more. To date the minimum ‘nisab’ a customer is
obliged to pay their ‘Zakat Wang Simpanan’ is at
BND$ 3,655 as notified by the Islamic Religious
Council.
Perbadanan TAIB also offers its customers the
convenience for the payment of their ‘Zakat Wang
Simpanan’ either by auto or manual payments with
the assistance of the computer generated methods
installed. Payments could be made at anytime
during the year either through the counters, via
TAIB ATM machines or deducted automatically from
customer’s registered accounts.
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