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Bangladesh Customs has an intelligence division, responsible for preventing smuggling and tariff evasions. In 2016 it started operations to recover cars bought and sold in Bangladesh evading taxes, the cars were bought in by Foreign officials working in International agencies such as the World Bank and various agencies of the United Nations.
Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (Bengali: কাস্টমস গোয়েন্দা ও তদন্ত অধিদপ্তর) is a specialized intelligence agency of the government of Bangladesh under the National Board of Revenue responsible for investigating tax evasion and customs fraud. [1]
Dhaka Custom House (Bengali: ঢাকা কাস্টম হাউস) is a Bangladesh government regulatory agency under the Ministry of Finance responsible for enforcing tariffs and customs on shipments in Dhaka. It is the largest airport customs house in Bangladesh. [1] Md. Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan is in charge of Dhaka Custom House. [2]
Bangladesh is a riverine country located in South Asia with a coastline of 580 km (360 mi) on the northern littoral of the Bay of Bengal. The delta plain of the Ganges (Padma), Brahmaputra (Jamuna), and Meghna Rivers and their tributaries occupy 79 percent of the country.
In 2004, the Minister of Finance, M. Safiur Rahman, announced the formation of a separate intelligence agency from Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate for Value Added Tax, called VAT Audit, Intelligence and Investigation Directorate, which had in up to that point overseen by Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate.
Other responsibilities include administration of matters related to taxes, duties and other revenue related fees/charges and prevention of smuggling. Under the overall control of IRD, NBR administers the excise, VAT, customs and income-tax services consisting of 3434 officers of various grades and 10195 supporting staff positions.
Bangladesh Tariff Commission (BTC) [1] autonomous national statutory body that is responsible for placing tariffs on imports, protection of domestic industry, and the prevention of dumping of foreign goods in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [2] [3] Chairman of the Bangladesh Tariff Commission is Mahfuza Akter.
NBR is the Authority for Tax Policies and Tax Laws in Bangladesh. [1] [2] NBR collects almost 97% of Tax Revenue and almost 85% of total Revenue for the Government of Bangladesh. [3] The Customs, Excise and VAT Appellate Tribunal is a tribunal under the National Board of Revenue established in 1995. [4] [5]