The tax forms need to simplified too, says Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem

Top business leaders yesterday urged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to ensure a conducive business climate by bringing reforms to the revenue sector, including having separate administrations formulating tax policies and collecting revenue.

The government today honoured 76 individual highest taxpayers, including Transcom Group Chairman Shahnaz Rahman, The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam, and Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman, for depositing the highest amount of taxes to the state coffer in 2021-22 fiscal year.

The National Board of Revenue today said it will accept tax returns from individual taxpayers on the first day of January 2023.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday awarded nine firms for paying the highest amounts of value-added tax (VAT) in fiscal year 2020-21.

Most of the 1.16 crore people capable of paying income taxes in Bangladesh have remained out of the tax net of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), according to a senior official of the tax administration yesterday.  

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) may extend by one month the deadline for the submission of income tax returns amid demands from various quarters, said officials today.

Dhaka and Chattogram account for 90 per cent of the income tax collected from across Bangladesh each year and so, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) should work on widening the tax net, according to speakers at a seminar.

Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase yesterday approved a proposal for purchasing six container scanner systems from Nuctech Company Ltd worth Tk 327.1 crore..According to the Internal Resources Division (IRD), The National Board of Revenue (NBR) in October 2019 planned to buy 14 conta

The Chattogram Customs House has demanded Tk 5,227 crore as unpaid duties from Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) against 89 consignments of liquefied natural gas (LNG).  

The personal income tax collection to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio can be raised to 3.1 per cent from the current 1 per cent or so if the government can get all eligible individuals to pay taxes, according to a study unveiled yesterday. 

Today, Abdul Karim will complete the second part of the first page of the tax return form.  

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is likely to extend a value added tax reduction on edible oil imports and refining for three months to retain current prices for consumers battered by rising costs of essential commodities. 

Revenue collection by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) witnessed robust growth of 21 per cent in the July-August period of the current fiscal year thanks to the devaluation of taka, high inflationary pressure and expansion of the economy.

A move by the National Board of Revenue asking for sharing the user identification and password of companies’ accounting software has created concerns among businesses, which said such a measure would give negative signals about the business climate in Bangladesh and discourage investors. 

Revenue collection grew 15.51 per cent year-on-year to Tk 300,179 crore in the just-concluded fiscal year of 2021-22, according to the provisional data of the National Board of Revenue (NBR).

Chattogram Customs Bond Commissionerate has suspended the general bond licence of Z&Z Intimates which has recently been accused by customs intelligence of getting an imported Rolls-Royce worth Tk 27 crore released bypassing assessments.  

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday extended the opportunity for edible oil refiners to import and refine the essential commodity by paying only 5 per cent value added tax (VAT) at the import stage until September 30 this year. 

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) reached 76 per cent of its Tk 330,00 crore revenue generation target in the 11 months of 2021-22, meaning it is going to miss the full fiscal-year collection goal once again.

Bangladesh has cut customs tariffs and duty on rice until October 31 this year in order to encourage imports to increase supply of the staple grain in the domestic market and cool its prices, according to a notification today (June 23, 2022).