BANGLADESH

On the last day of filing income tax returns, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has kept its circle offices open until 8pm.

Taxpayers thronged the NBR offices throughout Sunday.

The original deadline of Sep 30 was extended by one business day following requests from business leaders.

"A lot of taxpayers submitted their returns on the last day. Around evening, government taxpayers submitted theirs together," NBR member (income tax administration) M A Qader Sarker told bdnews24.com.

Sarker said until Sep 30, 900,000 Tax Identification Number (TIN) holders had submitted tax returns, from which the government had received more than Tk 11 billion in revenues.

Income Tax Ordinance allows submitting income tax returns throughout September. Tax offices accepted submissions on Oct 2 as Sep 30 was a Friday. On that night NBR announced extending the date to Oct 16.

Last year, 902,005 TIN holders submitted their returns.