The Import tax on Bangladesh Policy Order is the primary judicial tool that governs customs tariffs. Tariffs are an important source of government revenue in Bangladesh. Bangladesh levies tariffs at four levels of imported goods. 

Clients can choose from a wide selection of fully integrated tax services provided by NetworkBD. To help your organization succeed globally, we blend insight and creativity from many disciplines with business and industry understanding. Goods that are imported in Bangladesh are subject to the Bangladesh import tax on duties and dutiable goods. 

These manufactured or imported products are subject to Bangladesh Customs and/or excise duty. Custom duties in Bangladesh are levied upon the imported product and this excludes excise duty. 

The average most Favored Nation tariff rate is 14% with the average rate for agricultural products higher than for industrial goods. The maximum rate is 25%. General input items, basic raw materials, and intermediate and completed goods are all subject to a rate of between 5% and 25%. Bangladesh offers incentives for the import of capital machinery and equipment, as well as specified inputs and parts, in order to determine tariff rates, which is a difficult and opaque process.

Other charges applicable to imported products are advance income tax of 5%, a Value Added Tax (VAT) of 0%-15%, and a supplementary duty of 0%-500%, which applies to luxury items like cigarettes, alcohol, and perfume. 

Bangladesh has abolished excise duties on all locally produced products, with some exceptions. NetworkBD works to assist its clients with this complex task.

The primary services we offer in terms of imported taxable services are listed below. If these services do not satisfy your requirements, please contact us for a more detailed discussion.

1. Briefing / Training on Imported Services
2. Determination of whether or not your imported services are subject to tax.
3. Evaluation of the concession ‘company within the same group of firms’
4. Assistance with a Customs inspection

One of the many services that NetworkBD provides to their clients TAX advisory service. A tax advisor refers to the financial expert who has sufficient and profound knowledge about tax laws and tax accounting eligible in Bangladesh. The government of Bangladesh has a detailed description of tax payables for various sectors, including imported goods. The Import Policy Order is the primary judicial tool that governs customs tariffs. Tariffs are an important source of government revenue in Bangladesh, hence, it is a complicated and sophisticated sector to get it done by one person.

Bangladesh levies tariffs at four levels of imported goods. Goods that are imported in Bangladesh are subject to the Bangladesh import tax on duties and dutiable goods. These manufactured or imported products are subject to Bangladesh Customs and/or excise duty. Custom duties in Bangladesh are levied upon the imported products and this excludes excise duty.

The average most Favored Nation tariff rate is 14% with the average rate for agricultural products higher than for industrial goods. The maximum rate is 25%. Products subject to rate of from 5%-25% include general input items, basic raw materials, and intermediate and finished goods. Bangladesh provides concessions for the import of a capital machinery and equipment, as well as for specified inputs and parts to make determinations of tariff rates, a complicated process which is not at all transparent. 

Other charges applicable to imported products are advance income tax of 5%, a Value Added Tax (VAT) of 0%-15%, and a supplementary duty of 0%-500%, that applies to luxury items like cigarettes, alcohol and perfume. Bangladesh has abolished excise duties on all locally produced products, with some exceptions. NetworkBD works to assist their clients with this complex task.Customs and other import duties in Bangladesh were reported at 28.92% in 2016, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators. Customs and other import duties are all laid on and collected from goods that are entering the country or services delivered by non-residents to residents. They include taxes imposed for revenue or protection purposes and determined on a specific or ad valorem basis as long as they are restricted to imported goods or services.

Taxation in Bangladesh is a very complicated system to get done by one person, if not knowledgeable enough. Tax advisors are conducive in directing the taxpayers to conform to the government, state and neighborhood tax rules. The guidance and administration may vary upon the taxpayer’s circumstances. Moreover, an individual, going to retire will get entreaty from an entrepreneur starting a new business. Thus, taxation gets messy and tough for a single person to carry out the whole process. NetworkBD helps their clients in following ways:

1.    Ensuring hassle and error free tax returns in a timely manner.

2.    Strategizing with clients to find a way to minimize tax liabilities.

3.    Making the clients informed about the pros and cons of taxation.

4.     Keeping the clients up to date about taxation.

5.    Keeping their complaint with tax obligations.

6.    Finding out the credits and deductions a company.

7.    Working with revenue provision.

8.    Providing solutions to reduce tax liabilities.

9.    Making complicated computations.

10.    Analyzing tax laws, making effective financial planning.

In NetworkBD, We have a huge client base, who get support from us in every way possible. We have sub-categorized our taxation system so that our clients do not have to look for everything and make any mistake. We offer our import tax services include-

1. Client specific tax services that include corporate tax issue consultants, tax efficient and effective strategies for management of optimal tax, tax diagnostic reviews in case of tax audits, guidance during an audit, effective investment planning, optimization and evaluation of final optimal tax rate, support in understanding government rules and regulations.
2. Gathering tax collection data to check ledgers and equalizations, dissecting monetary records, frameworks and spending plans and performing audits and meeting with customers to gather information.
3. Examining all the information gathered beforehand to discover any conceivable assessment reasonings or exclusions computing large liabilities and structuring systems to limit those liabilities.
4. Meeting with clients to clarify duty laws and directions utilizing non specialized dialect and proposing approaches to diminish installments.
5. Creating systems to lessen assess installments by discovering deductibles and understanding expense laws and statements to discover exceptions.
6. Submitting charge reports in an auspicious way after finishing and submitting assessment from frames before due and exploring past assessment forms and reports to discover blunders and rectify them
7. Meeting with tax assessment experts to arrange charge installment issues with the comparing specialists, going over the inconsistencies and discovering the answers.
8. Going over expense design of the organization by introducing and explaining duty-decreasable methods and clarifying new and refreshed laws and directions regarding taxation.  

While tax return itself is a complicated job for anyone, NetworkBD helps their client in taxation and though keeping on top import duties is difficult, with the correct due diligence, one can save money by having the right knowledge and all the necessary information about Import Tax and avoid being overcharged or conceived.