NBR receives all-time high revenue in first 3 months this year

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has received record revenue during the first three months (July-September) of the fiscal year 2025-2026 (FY26).

The total collection amounted to Tk 90,825 crore, marking the highest revenue collection ever achieved by the NBR in any fiscal year's first three months, said a press release received Friday. 

This significant achievement represents a 20.21 per cent growth rate compared to the same period in the previous fiscal year (2024-2025). 

Revenue collected in the first quarter of the current fiscal year 2025-2026 was Tk 15,270 crore, higher than the collection in the first quarter of the previous fiscal year.

For comparison, total revenue collections during the first three months of recent fiscal years were Tk 75,554.78 crore in the fiscal year 2024-25, Tk 76,068.43 crore in the fiscal year 2023-24 and Tk 68,635 crore in the fiscal year 2022-23.

The July-September 2025 quarter saw new revenue records set in all three major collection categories - Local Level Vat, Income Tax & Travel Tax, and Import & Export Sectors.

The highest revenue was collected from the Local Level VAT sector, totalling Tk 34,819 crore in the first three months of FY 2025-2026. 

This sector demonstrated a substantial growth rate of 29.74 per cent compared to the previous year's July-September quarter, which recorded Tk 26,838.49 crore.

Collections in this sector for previous years' first quarters were Tk 28,445.41 crore (FY 2023-2024) and Tk 24,546.65 crore (FY 2022-2023).

Revenue collected through Income Tax and Travel Tax reached Tk 28,478 crore. This figure is significantly higher than collections in the corresponding first quarters of previous years- Tk 24,080.82 crore in FY 2024-2025, Tk 23,751.31 crore in FY 2023-2024, and Tk 21,016.20 crore in FY 2022-2023. 

The growth rate for Income Tax and Travel Tax collection was 18.26 per cent over the same period last year.

The Import and Export sector contributed Tk 27,528 crore during the July-September 2025 quarter. This collection is Tk 2,892.53 crore higher than the Tk 24,625.47 crore collected during the same period in FY 2024-2025. 

The Import and Export sector recorded an 11.74 per cent growth rate in revenue collection during the first three months of the 2025-2026 fiscal year compared to the preceding year.

The NBR has attributed this upward trend in revenue collection to the tireless efforts of its intelligent and hardworking personnel.