The Finance Division on Thursday asked ministries and divisions to take permission from it for making any revision to the rates of non-National Board of Revenue tax and non-tax revenue.
Officials of the Finance Division under the finance ministry said that they issued the instruction after the division found that some ministries and divisions had not obtained the mandatory approval from the finance ministry for the rate revision.
The division issued a circular in this connection on Thursday.
Referring to the Rules of Business 1996, the officials said that the revision to the rates without taking the finance ministry approval was a violation of the rules.
According to rule 13, no ministry shall without previous consultations with the Finance Division authorise any orders regarding levy of taxes, duties and fees.
According to Thursday鈥檚 circular, the violation of the rules will hamper discipline in the financial management.
The government has targeted the overall revenue聽聽聽 collection of Tk聽5.65 lakh crore with Tk聽19,000 crore in non-NBR taxes and Tk聽46,000 crore in NTR in the 2025-26 financial year.
The NTR includes dividend and profit, administrative fees, fines, rent and lease, toll, non-commercial sales, service receipts and capital revenue and tax.
The non-NBR taxes include narcotics duty, vehicle tax, land revenue, sale of non-judicial stamp and surcharge.
