FE Report |
Revealed:
March 8, 2021, 8:18 a.m.

| Replace:
March 8, 2021, 11:41 a.m.

The Nationwide Board of Income (NBR) has determined to make digital cost of its charges and expenses obligatory.

The choice shall be carried out in phases, ranging from the primary day of the next fiscal 12 months (2021-2022).

From July 1, the cost of charges and expenses exceeding Tk 0.2 million for all import-export merchandise should be made electronically.

The Customs (Modernization and Challenge Administration Wing) in a letter of March 3, 2021 requested the Bangladesh Financial institution (BB) to job all business banks to implement the choice.

From April 1, 2021, Customs, Inland Container Depot (ICD), Kamalapur will obtain duties and taxes on all entry invoices and export invoices by digital cost.

In accordance with the roadmap of the NBR launched on August 31, 2020, all customs places of work and stations within the nation will implement the digital cost system, whatever the cost of any quantity of duties and taxes, of their respective properties. by January 1, 2022.

To implement the roadmap, the NBR organized a complete of 9 stakeholder consciousness applications in Dhaka, Pangaon, Benapole, Mongla, Chattogram, Sylhet, Rangpur and Rajshahi.

The Board of Administrators might also maintain conferences with BB, Sonali Financial institution, Workplace of Comptroller and Auditor Common, Port Authority, Bangladesh Financial institution Affiliation, BTCL, FBCCI, Federation of Brokers clearing and forwarding agent on March 15.

Within the letter signed by customs member Khondoker Muhammad Aminur Rahman, the NBR requested the BB governor to ask the banks to make digital cost obligatory in accordance with the roadmap.

Chatting with FE, Rahman mentioned the board is about to make digital cost obligatory as a part of its dedication within the Commerce Facilitation Settlement (TFA) to streamline transactions. trades.

Merchants wouldn’t should face the effort of paying duties and taxes and the federal government would obtain its due revenues by making certain cost in actual time, he added.

“It has been discovered that intermediaries generally mislead importers by levying the next quantity of duties and taxes than the duties really payable.”

There are additionally allegations that clearing and forwarding brokers fail to make full cost or unusually delay cost of customs duties after amassing these from importers, Rahman mentioned.

Such practices can be stopped after the introduction of the obligatory digital cost system whatever the quantity from January 1, 2022, he added.

At present there may be an choice to pay duties and taxes electronically, however it’s not required.

Thus far, the NBR has acquired round Tk 50 billion in duties and taxes by way of digital cost, which might exceed Tk 100 billion by December, Rahman mentioned.

“Via the stakeholder assembly, we acquired a number of options, together with opening banks 24/7 and increasing financial institution time for receiving funds.”

Related authorities would decide on this influence of the assessment after the introduction of the obligatory digital cost system, he mentioned.

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