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NBR announces November as tax service month

| Updated: November 03, 2022 18:46:58


NBR announces November as tax service month

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has announced November as the tax service month in a bid to facilitate the submission of tax returns for the year 2022-23.

Each of the income tax zones will provide services to the taxpayers from November 1 to 30.

NBR Chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem made the announcement at a media briefing at the NBR office in Segunbagicha on Tuesday, says a UNB report.

He said thirty-one tax zones with a total of 649 tax circles will receive income tax returns of their respective taxpayers until November 30 in a festive environment as part of the tax service month.

The website of each tax zone will contain various income tax-related forms, circulars, return filing guidelines, video tutorials, and other necessary information to help the taxpayers.

Under the management of Tax Zone-4, Dhaka, by setting up return acceptance booths and help desks at Bangladesh Secretariat and Officers Club Dhaka from November 1-14. The tax information will provide the same for five days on November 20-24 at the Planning Commission.

For the Armed Forces, the tax zone would facilitate tax return submission and tax information services at Sena Malancha of Dhaka Cantonment on November 9-10.

An online income tax return filing system is also effective. Taxpayers can register in the system, can prepare returns, and submit. Taxpayers can file returns online by taking advice about e-return through hotline number 09612717171, said NBR.

New taxpayers can register, and existing taxpayers can re-register subject to providing the necessary information at the registration booth.

Implementation of the e-TDS system is ongoing in all taxing jurisdictional authorities at the source. Taxpayers will be given Income Tax Returns, TIN applications, and Challan forms.

Taxpayers can pay income tax online through e-payment.

In the last fiscal year, only 27 per cent of taxpayers filed their yearly tax returns within the deadline of November 30, which was extended by another month by the NBR.

According to NBR data, it received Tk 24.56 billion income tax from tax returns of 1.86 million individuals, which is over 6.0 per cent year-on-year rise from last year's 1.75 million.

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