VAT realization: NBR turns down Dhaka Club’s request

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has turned down the request of Dhaka Club Limited to stop activities of realising Tk 33.74 crore as Value Added Tax (VAT) and Supplementary Tax. The revenue collecting authority in a letter recently informed that there is no scope of waiver of VAT and Supplementary

265 zarda, gul factories evading taxes

Many smokeless tobacco (SLT) manufacturers of Bangladesh have managed to slip away from the government's tax net; at least 265 of them are not paying taxes and 33% do not even have a valid trade license. Of the 483 SLT factories, 435 zarda – moist or dry chewing tobacco – and

Hike tobacco tax and price to save lives, earn revenues: ATMA

The Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) on Tuesday urged the National Board of Revenue  (NBR) to impose specific taxes and hike prices of all tobacco products to discourage people from consuming them. At a pre-budget meeting in the city, the delegates of ATMA also presented its budget proposals for 2021-22FY and handed