The National Board of Revenue (NBR) (Bengali: জাতীয় রাজস্ব বোর্ড) is the Central Authority for Tax Administration in Bangladesh. It is a Statutory Authority attached with the Internal Resources Division of Ministry of Finance. NBR is the Authority for Tax Policies and Tax Laws in Bangladesh. NBR collects almost 97% of Tax Revenue and almost 85% of total Revenue for the Government of Bangladesh.

The Customs, Excise and VAT Appellate Tribunal is a tribunal under the National Board of Revenue established in 1995.

History

The National Board of Revenue was established in 1972 through the National Board of Revenue Order, 1972. Later, the structure of the National Board of Revenue was amended through Act No 12 of 2009.

Chairman of the National Board of Revenue, Badiur Rahman, retired following his transfer by the caretaker government which he said was due to his failure to please his masters in October 2007.

The National Board of Revenue provided Carnet de Passage for tourists despite Bangladesh not being a signatory to the relevant United Nations treaties.

In February 2018, Bangladesh High Court ordered the National Board of Revenue to unfreeze the accounts of Robi. The National Board of Revenue raised 124.4 billion BDT from taxes on fuel. The National Board of Revenue sought taxes from Facebook, Google, and YouTube following requests by Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh.

The server of the National Board of Revenue was breached in 2022 to release cargo in Chittagong Port.

In October 2023, the National Board of Revenue failed to impress the International Monetary Fund with its plan to raise taxes. The National Board of Revenue has around ten thousand cases in courts concerning 215 billion BDT in taxes.

List of chairmen

No.	Name	Start date	End date	Ref
1.	Nurul Islam	28 January 1972	10 March 1972
2.	Kofil Jddin Mahmud	11 March 1972	12 October 1973
3.	M. Wazed Ali Khan	12 October 1973	19 March 1974
4.	K. M. Moshraff Hossain	19 March 1974	14 February 1980
5.	A. K. Azizul Haque	14 February 1980	31 December 1982
6.	S. B. Chowdhury	1 January 1983	13 July 1987
7.	A. K. M. Aminul Haque Chowdhury	14 July 1987	1 July 1989
8.	Ekram Hossain	1 July 1989	31 July 1990
9.	A. K. M. Aminul Haque Chowdhury	1 August 1990	30 December 1992
10.	Nurul Husain Khan	19 January 1991	29 April 1992
11.	A. K. M. Mosiur Rahman	2 May 1992	12 February 1993
12.	Akbar Ali Khan	18 February 1993	27 November 1995
13.	Sadat Hussain	27 November 1995	12 February 1997
14.	Shah Abdul Hannan	12 February 1997	15 February 1998
15.	Saiful Islam Khan	15 February 1998	15 March 1998
16.	A. K. M. Mosiur Rahman	15 March 1998	5 August 1998
17.	Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury	5 August 1998	31 July 2000
18.	Zakir Ahmed Khan	1 August 2000	10 July 2001
19.	Shoaib Ahmed	10 July 2001	9 September 2003
20.	Khairuzzaman Chowdhury	9 September 2003	6 July 2006
21.	Md. Abdul Karim	9 July 2006	6 December 2006
22.	A. F. M. Solaiman Chowdhury	10 December 2006	28 December 2006
23.	Sheikh A. K. Motahar Hossain	9 January 2007	22 October 2007
24.	Badiur Rahman	23 January 2007	22 October 2007
25.	Muhammad Abdul Mazid	22 October 2007	8 April 2009
26.	Nasiruddin Ahmed	8 April 2009	29 October 2012
27.	Md. Ghulam Hussain	29 October 2012	8 January 2015
28.	Md. Nojibur Rahman	12 January 2015	31 December 2017
29.	Md. Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan	4 January 2018	2 January 2018
30.	Abu Hena Md. Rahmatul Muneem	6 January 2020	Present

Structure

The NBR has one chairperson and eight members - Four for direct tax and four for indirect tax. The secretary of internal resources division acts as the ex-officio chairman of the board. There are 45 departments/directorates under the NBR, of which 25 are related to direct tax and 20 related to indirect tax.