0.1m file tax returns online in 10 days

As many as 96,945 taxpayers have submitted their income tax returns online within the first 10 days of the launch of the e-return system for the current tax year (2025-26), the National Board of Revenue (NBR) said on Thursday.

Following the inauguration of the e-return submission process by Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on August 4, a total of 96,945 taxpayers filed their returns online till August 13, reports UNB.

According to the NBR, only 20,523 taxpayers submitted e-returns during the first 10 days of last year's filing season, which began on September 9, 2024. This year's daily average submission rate is nearly five times higher than that of last year.

On August 3, the NBR issued a special order making online filing mandatory for all individual taxpayers across the country, except for senior citizens aged 65 years or above, physically incapable persons or those with special needs, Bangladeshi taxpayers residing abroad and legal representatives of deceased taxpayers.

Later, on August 11, the order was amended to exempt foreign nationals working in Bangladesh from the mandatory e-return requirement.