The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the deadline for filing income tax returns for individual taxpayers for the 2025-26 tax year by one month.
In a special order issued on Wednesday (November 19), the new deadline for filing returns was set at December 31, 2025.
The NBR confirmed this information on Sunday.
It said that taxpayers who are unable to file their returns online due to complications related to registration in the e-return system can apply to the concerned Excise Commissioner by December 15, citing reasonable reasons.
This year, online filing of returns has been made mandatory for senior taxpayers aged 65 years or above, persons with special needs, taxpayers residing abroad, taxpayers filing returns through legal representatives of deceased taxpayers, and all other categories of taxpayers, except foreign nationals working in Bangladesh.
However, taxpayers who have been exempted from the obligation can also file e-returns if they wish.
According to the NBR, there is also an opportunity to file returns online through the taxpayer's authorized representative.
Taxpayers residing abroad can also register in the e-return system by sending their passport, NID and e-mail address information to ereturn@etaxnbr.gov.bd to collect OTP and registration link.
By adding information about income, expenses, assets and liabilities without any paperwork, taxpayers can pay taxes from home through debit/credit cards, internet banking or mobile financial services and immediately collect acknowledgement slips and income tax certificates.
As a result, e-return filing is becoming increasingly popular among taxpayers residing in the country and abroad.
To facilitate e-return filing, NBR has once again trained taxpayers, tax lawyers, chartered accountants, cost and management accountants and chartered secretaries.
In addition, a special call center has been launched for e-return related assistance—09643 71 71 71. In addition, taxpayers are getting necessary services from the website www.etaxnbr.gov.bd and helpdesks set up in tax regions across the country.
NBR said that more than 1.8 million individual taxpayers have already filed their returns online this year.
The organization has requested all taxpayers to file their returns through e-return within the stipulated time.