National Board of Revenue
National Board of Revenue Building in Dhaka, Bangladesh | |
| Abbreviation | NBR |
|---|---|
| Successor | Proposed: |
| Formation | 1972 |
| Type | Tax administration |
| Purpose | Income tax, VAT, and customs administration |
| Headquarters | Agargaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Coordinates | 23°44′09″N 90°24′32″E / 23.7357°N 90.4089°E |
Official language | Bangla and English |
Chairman | |
Parent organization | Internal Resources Division, Ministry of Finance |
| Staff | 3,434 officers and 10,195 supporting staff positions |
| Website | nbr |
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 the Ministry of Finance. The NBR collects almost 97% of tax revenue and almost 85% of total revenue for the Bangladesh government.
The finance ministry proposed dissolving the NBR and creating two ministerial divisions—the Revenue Management Division and the Revenue Policy Division—through a hastily promulgated ordinance in 2025. The ordinance drew criticism from Transparency International Bangladesh, which denounced the move as executive capture of the revenue sector. TIB stated that the move risked politicizing the revenue sector, undermined the autonomy of the revenue service, and reduced accountability, transparency, and neutrality. Debapriya Bhattacharya of the Centre for Policy Dialogue also criticized the move on similar grounds.