Offshore banking is increasingly becoming a key window for banks in Bangladesh to facilitate investments and international trade by attracting deposits in foreign currencies.

The tax on cigarettes in Bangladesh should be raised in the national budget for fiscal 2024-25 to boost the country’s revenue generation and minimise health risks, according to experts.

Five associations representing the ICT sector yesterday demanded that the government extend tax exemptions on businesses offering software and IT-enabled service (ITES) till 2031, saying their development was crucial to the government’s vision for a Smart Bangladesh.

Metro rail commuters are expected to be required to pay 15% VAT on their ticket fares from July 1 as the National Board of Revenue (NBR) plans to discontinue the exemption.

A provision in the Income Tax Act 2023 created the discrimination

The Supreme Court yesterday asked its High Court Division to hold further hearing on two writ petitions that challenged the NBR orders asking Grameen Kalyan to pay around Tk 600 crore as income tax.

The NBR chairman urged businesses in Rajshahi to reduce their reliance on subsidies as such a tendency contradicts the country’s aspiration to become a developed nation by 2041.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday scrapped a High Court verdict that declared illegal the government orders which imposed 15 percent income tax on private universities and private medical, dental and engineering colleges.

The government is considering further incentives while emphasising ICT and advanced technology in order to increase the production of value-added products as part of preparations for graduation from least developed country (LDC) status, Chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem said yesterday.

The Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh (Noab) places budget proposals to NBR

Customs, Excise and VAT Commissionerate of Cumilla celebrated “International Customs Day-2024” with the theme of “Customs engaging traditional and new partners with purpose" at Hotel Elite Palace in Cumilla’s Jhawtala on Friday.

Customs Intelligence and Investigate Directorate (CIID) seized a consignment of export goods after a readymade garments company tried to send products of higher value than their declaration

The unequal taxation policy surrounding mutual funds in the capital market of Bangladesh raises concerns regarding the fairness for mutual fund investors. Specifically, the issue lies in the taxation of cash dividends from open-end funds, creating an imbalance between individual’s listed securities investments and mutual fund investments.

DCCI president emphasises the need for automated taxation to increase revenue collection

His contractual appointment has been extended by two years

The revenue collection growth rose slightly in the July-November period of the current financial year on the back of higher income and value-added taxes

The govt targets achieving one crore direct taxpayers by 2026, he says

The port city’s income tax department handed over the best taxpayer awards

It is Monem's 10th consecutive top taxpayer award from the zone

Around 10,000 cases for recovering a combined Tk 21,500 crore in value added tax (VAT) remains held up in different courts across Bangladesh, according to data of the National Board of Revenue (NBR).