Bangladesh Provides New System for Individual Taxpayers to Request Return Deadline Extensions with New Electronic Filing Requirement

The Bangladesh National Board of Revenue (NBR) issued a release on 16 March 2026 regarding a new online system for individual taxpayers to request an annual tax return deadline extension. The release notes that from the 2025-2026 assessment year, the NBR has mandated that all individual taxpayers file their annual return electronically, with some exceptions. With the new requirement, the deadline to file has been extended to 31 March 2026, which can be extended a further 90 days. For this pu…