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Workshop on “Personal Income Tax and E-return” held at DCCI

In order to overcome the existing obstacles in filing tax return, President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) Taskeen Ahmed urged the people as well as the businesses to submit their income tax and Value Added Tax (VAT) through the e-return process. He said this this while inaugurating a workshop titled “Personal Income Tax and E-return” organized by DCCI on 27 September 2025.

In his welcome remarks, DCCI President Taskeen Ahmed said that submitting income tax is the moral responsibility of every citizen and businessman as the government implements domestic infrastructure development, education, healthcare, and various social safety net programmes through tax revenues. Therefore, in order to strengthen the country’s economic foundation, the role of income tax and VAT is crucial. He mentioned that compared to other countries, Bangladesh’s contribution of income tax to GDP is relatively very low and in order to overcome this situation, we must increase the tax-to-GDP ratio. Dhaka Chamber President further stated that the government has been encouraging the citizens to pay their taxes and has introduced e-return system to eliminate existing obstacles in the tax payment process. This initiative will help ensure greater transparency and accountability in overall revenue administration. He stressed that both individual taxpayers and businesses should use the e-return filing system to pay their taxes.

The workshop featured three technical sessions on Income Tax, Value Added Tax (VAT), and E-return. The sessions were conducted by Lutful Hadee, FCA, LLM, Proprietor & CEO, Hadee Lutful & Co.; Md. Shafiqul Alam, FCMA, FCS, FCA, Director, Bizz Solutions Ltd.; and Snehasish Barua, FCA, ACA (ICAEW), Partner, Snehasish Mahmud & Co., Chartered Accountants respectively. The speakers shared in-depth insights on their respective topics.

More than 70 participants from DCCI member firms attended the workshop and gained comprehensive knowledge on Income Tax, Value Added Tax (VAT), and E-return which will facilitate them to run their business operation more smoothly.

DCCI Senior Vice President Razeev H. Chowdhury and Vice President Md. Salem Sulaiman were also present on the occasion.

Published on: 2025-09-27