Income tax return submission deadline extended to January 31

The deadline for filing of tax returns by individual taxpayers has been extended by a month until January 31 next year.The previous deadline was December 31.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued a notice in this regard on Tuesday.

According to the notice, the deadline for company taxpayers has been extended to February 15 from January 15.
The time has been extended due to demands from various professional bodies, said NBR notice.

Individual and firm taxpayers can also submit their income and wealth statements both online and in person without being subject to any fines.

Earlier, the NBR made the online filing of tax returns mandatory for government officials under tax zones of the Dhaka, Narayanganj and Gazipur city corporations.

It also asked all bankers and officials of mobile network operators to file returns electronically for the current assessment year.