The customs authority has relaxed its rules in regards to the submission of Certificates of Origin (CoO), a declaration of the place of manufacture for any product, for goods imported under the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) trade pact in the SAARC bloc. The authority said...
২০২০-২১ অর্থবছরের প্রথম মাস (জুলাই) শুরু হয়েছিল রাজস্ব ঘাটতি দিয়ে। অর্থবছরের প্রথমেই লক্ষ্যের চেয়ে ৭ হাজার ৪৩ কোটি ৭৭ লাখ টাকা কম আদায় হয়। রাজস্ব আদায়ের লক্ষ্যমাত্রা ১৯ হাজার ৩৭৮ কোটি ৭৪ লাখ টাকার বিপরীতে প্রথম মাসে আদায় হয়েছিল ১২ হাজার ৩৩৪ কোটি ৯৭ লাখ টাকা।
The National Board of Revenue has moved to realise value-added tax from subscriptions of online streaming sites such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, ZEE5, Hoichoi and HBO Now. A 15-per cent VAT is applicable on the fees that subscribers pay to the online entertainment sites. As part of...
Although the business establishments make VAT payments every month alongside submitting their returns, the business entities would now be able to make VAT payments to the government exchequer directly from their bank accounts through online. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is going to launch VAT e-payment...
Bangladesh is going to impose 10 percent Advance Tax (AT) on digital advertisements, including those put on social networking sites like Facebook and Youtube and search engine google, from the next fiscal year. The national budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year to be placed in the House...
The National Board of Revenue has relaxed the duty-free motor vehicle import rules for investors in the country’s hi-tech parks, curtailing the minimum level of investment to be made and the number of employees to be hired for availing the facility. The investors in the country’s hi-tech...
Businesses are worried that some proposed changes in the value-added tax (VAT) law will increase their costs and discourage them from seeking justice against inflated revenue claims by field officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR). One of the changes is that the deposit needed for...
Much has been said about the modernisation and automation of the value-added tax system in Bangladesh over the last decade. Yet, the automation of the VAT administration is halfway, although the project's tenure is supposed to come to its end this year. Businesses say they can get...
The government has chosen to use the lull in international trade caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to bring its Customs facility administered by the National Board of Revenue on par with global standards, so that it may facilitate a smoother, more efficient trading process to help the...