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Bangladesh govt makes online submission of tax returns mandatory

The National Board of Revenue has made online submission of income tax returns mandatory for all individual taxpayers across the country, except for senior citizens aged 65 years or above, physically incapable or taxpayers with special needs subject to submission of certificates, Bangladeshi taxpayers residing abroad and legal representatives of deceased taxpayers...

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Tk 1,874cr tax evaded in 7 months

The newly formed Income Tax Intelligence and Investigation Unit has uncovered revenue evasion worth Tk 1874 crore in the preliminary investigation of tax evasion of 183 individuals/organisations based on intelligence activities in the seven months since December last year...

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BTMA seeks Withdrawal of 2pc advance income tax

Leaders of the Bangladesh Textile Mills Association on Monday at a meeting urged finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed to withdraw 2 per cent advance income tax for the import of cotton...

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Textile millers fear losing competitiveness

The textile millers of the country said that if the government could not withdraw the newly imposed 2 per cent advance income tax immediately, the sector could lose competitiveness which could lead to the closure of the textile factory units.

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Over 17 lakh tax returns filed online in FY25

A total of 17,12,492 taxpayers filed their income tax returns online in the financial year 2024-25, which ended on Monday, while more than 2 lakh taxpayers completed registration for e-return filing...

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Regressive reality of VAT

DESPITE having several sources of revenue and a dual system of tax collection (direct-indirect), the majority of tax revenue is collected through indirect tax, called value-added tax, regulated by the Value Added Tax and Supplementary Duty Act 2012. The income tax, which is governed by the Income Tax Ordinance of 1984, includes corporate taxes, taxes...

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Tax-free income ceiling to remain unchanged

The interim government has limited the scope in the new budget for legalising undisclosed money, while proposing an increase in the income tax threshold from the 2026–27 financial year.   

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The president does not have to pay taxes!

ACCORDING to the President’s Act 1975 (Remuneration and Privileges), as amended up to 2016, Section 3, the president’s salary is exempt from income tax. The president currently receives a monthly salary of Tk 120,000, entertainment allowance at actuals, fully furnished and maintained residential accommodation and government coverage for electricity, gas, water...

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No tax for Hungarian women with two children

Hungary on Tuesday passed a law exempting women with two or three children from paying income tax as part of a costly drive to try to reverse population decline.

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Over five lakh filed tax returns online

The National Board of Revenue has so far received over 5,00,000 income tax returns online, the number is 129 per cent higher than the same period of the of the previous year...

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Govt must act to clear tax case backlog to increase revenue

AN AMOUNT of Tk 800 billion in revenue having been stuck because of about 30,000 cases pending with the Supreme Court, tax appeals commissioners and tax appellate tribunals largely suggests indifference, if not negligence, on part of government authorities. The cases involve, as revenue board statistics show, Tk 403.89 billion in 11,007 cases related to income tax...

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Candidates’ affidavits, tax returns mismatch

Anti-graft watchdog Transparency International Bangladesh found a mismatch between the affidavits and income tax returns of many wealthy candidates for the third phase of the upazila parishad election slated for May 29...

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Approach to agricultural income

AGRICULTURE has played a vital role in Bangladesh’s gross domestic product since independence in 1971. Through the years, the economy of Bangladesh grew, and the income of the country surged from different other sectors, such as the service sector and manufacturing sector...