The country鈥檚 revenue collection grew by 20.93 per cent year-on-year in July-August of the current financial year 2025-26, reaching Tk 54,423 crore, according to National Board of Revenue data released on Sunday.
In the mentioned period of the previous financial year, the revenue board collected Tk聽45,005 crore from various revenue sectors.
Despite the strong growth, collections still fell by Tk 6,577 crore short of the Tk聽61,000 crore target, raising concerns over meeting the government鈥檚 full-year fiscal goals.
In the single month of August 2025, the state agency collected Tk 27,174 crore, which was 17.69 per cent higher than Tk 23,089.37 crore in August 2024, though the target was Tk 30,889.30 crore.
During the July-August period of FY26, collection from customs was Tk聽17,248 crore, which was 6.61 per cent higher than Tk聽16,177.98 crore of July-August of FY25.
Revenue collection from the VAT section was Tk聽22,437 crore in July-August of FY26, a 33.13 per cent higher than Tk聽16,854 crore of the same period of the last financial year.
Moreover, fetching a growth of 23.09 per cent, the revenue collection from the income tax sector stood at Tk聽14,738 crore in the first two months of FY26, which was Tk聽11,973.13 crore in the mentioned period of FY25, NBR data said.
Still, the revenue collection from indirect sources was higher than direct sources in July-August, the NBR data showed.
For FY26, the government set a revenue collection target of Tk聽4,99,000 crore through the NBR, which was about 8 per cent of the total GDP.
To reach the target, Bangladesh needs to collect revenue of approximately Tk聽40,000 crore per month.
In FY25, the NBR faced a record revenue collection shortfall of Tk聽92,625 by collecting Tk聽3,70,874 crore, which was about 3.08 per cent lower than Tk聽3,82,678 crore in FY24.
The revised target for revenue collection was Tk 463,500 crore in FY25.