The National Board of Revenue (NBR) expects to collect a record Tk 4.15 lakh crore in revenue in the outgoing 2025-26 fiscal year, although the figure is likely to fall short of the revised target by around Tk 88,000 crore.
According to an NBR press release, the revised revenue collection target for FY2025-26 was set at Tk 5.03 lakh crore.
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However, revenue collection stood at Tk 3,60,642 crore during the first 11 months of the fiscal year up to May 2026.
During the July-May period, the revenue authority achieved 81.58 percent of its target of Tk 4,42,084 crore, leaving a shortfall of Tk 81,442 crore.
Despite the gap, NBR said revenue collection during the first 11 months of the fiscal year reached an all-time high for the corresponding period.
Revenue receipts during July-May of FY26 increased by Tk 32,856.22 crore from Tk 3,27,785.78 crore collected in the same period of FY25, registering a growth of 10.02 percent.
Among the major revenue wings, customs revenue grew by 7.08 percent, value-added tax (VAT) revenue by 10.05 percent and income tax revenue by 12.54 percent during the first 11 months of the fiscal year.
The NBR said Tk 29,311 crore was collected during the first 20 days of June, taking total revenue collection to Tk 3,89,953 crore as of June 20.
This has already surpassed the total revenue collection of Tk 3,70,843.03 crore recorded in the entire FY2024-25.
The revenue authority expressed optimism that an additional Tk 25,000 crore could be collected during the remaining 10 days of June, enabling total revenue collection to reach a historic Tk 4.15 lakh crore by the end of the fiscal year.
If achieved, the collection would exceed the previous fiscal year’s total by Tk 43,157 crore, although it would remain below the revised target.
To accelerate revenue mobilisation, the NBR has formed three separate task forces comprising field-level officials from the income tax, VAT and customs wings.
The task forces have undertaken a range of measures, including expediting cases pending before appellate authorities, tribunals, the High Court and the Supreme Court, as well as strengthening alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.
The NBR said efforts to detect tax evasion, recover unpaid revenue, expedite audit-based assessments, enhance monitoring of withholding tax and VAT collections, strengthen post-clearance audits and risk management activities, and conduct joint income tax and VAT audits of high-risk taxpayers have helped improve overall revenue administration.
The board said its efforts to mobilise the revenue required for the country’s development and public expenditure programmes would continue.