The National Board of Revenue has extended the deadline for filing income tax returns by one month. Taxpayers can submit returns till December 31. According to the Income Tax Act, 2023, the last date for filing income tax returns for all categories of taxpayers except companies for the tax year 2024-2025 has been extended till November 30.

The National Board of Revenue issued an order on Sunday (November 17) extending the time for filing income tax returns. NBR Director (Public Relations) Syed A. Mu’men confirmed this information.

It is said that this year, through a special order of the National Revenue Board, all government employees located in Dhaka North, Dhaka South, Gazipur and Narayanganj City Corporation, all scheduled bank officials/employees across the country, officials/employees working in all mobile telecom service providers across the country and in the said order Online filing of income tax returns for officers/employees working in the said multinational companies has been made mandatory.

The National Board of Revenue has been requested by taxpayers of various professions to extend the deadline for filing income tax returns. For the convenience of taxpayers, the time for filing income tax returns has been extended by one month for both online e-return and offline paper return filing for all taxpayers except companies.

Due to extension of time for filing income tax returns, the deadline for filing returns without penalty has been extended till December 31 for all taxpayers except companies for both online and offline filing of returns. So far, 375,000 taxpayers have filed e-returns online. The National Board of Revenue expects taxpayers to have a hassle-free return filing experience this year.