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The revenue authorities unearthed Tk 62.46 billion worth of tax evasions in the last nine months through investigations and intelligence measures.
The field offices and intelligence units of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) realised nearly Tk10 billion in taxes from the evaded revenue, according to a press statement.
From September 2024 to May 2025, two wings of the NBR--Customs and Income Tax--along with their field offices and intelligence units, conducted a total of 16,572 drives against illegal deduction of tax revenue.
"These drives unearthed tax evasions worth Tk 62.46 billion, of which Tk 9.94 billion was recovered," said the statement.
During the period, different customs houses conducted a total of 2,215 drives against tax-evasion, recovering the entire amount of evaded tax amounting to Tk 1.83 billion.
Various Customs, Excise, and VAT Commissionerates were able to detect tax evasion worth Tk 5.13 billion and recover Tk 890 million through conducting 6,803 drives.
The VAT Intelligence and Investigation Directorate in Dhaka carried out 231 drives and recovered Tk 2.40 billion from Tk 16.39 billion worth of detected tax evasion cases.
The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate also conducted drives and recovered a total of Tk 730 million. Meanwhile, the Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) conducted 181 drives against evasion of income-tax and was able to recover Tk 1.94 billion from detected tax evasions worth Tk 3.66 billion and.
The Income Tax Intelligence and Investigation Unit under its 170 recovered Tk 1.10 billion from detected evasions involving Tk 18.74 billion.
Besides, various tax zones (41 in total) also conducted 6,972 drives, recovering Tk 1.05 billion from the evaded revenue amounting to Tk 15.88 billion.
The NBR's enforcement and drives on detection of tax evasion have been ongoing.
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