The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has faced a major shortfall in revenue collection during the first nine months (July-March) of the current 2025-26 fiscal year.
Compared to the government’s revised target, there was a deficit of approximately Tk97,990 crore in revenue collection during this period.
According to the latest NBR data, the revised target for total revenue collection for the period in question was Tk3,85,852.59 crore. Against this, the collection stood at Tk2,87,862.59 crore, which is 74.60 percent of the target.
The deficit picture becomes even clearer from the figures for the month of March alone. The revenue collection target for March 2026 was Tk 60,050.45 crore. However, according to provisional data, only Tk 33,522 crore was collected. Thus, the deficit for the single month stood at over Tk 26,528 crore.
A sector-wise analysis shows significant deficits in all three major revenue sectors.
In the import and export duty sector, the target until March was Tk1,03,196.01 crore, against which Tk80,223.17 crore was collected.
The target for Value Added Tax (VAT) collection at the domestic level was Tk1,43,538.36 crore, while the collection stood at Tk1,09,138.25 crore.
On the other hand, in the income tax and travel tax sector, the target was Tk1,39,118.23 crore, but the collection was Tk98,501.17 crore.
Although overall revenue collection achieved a growth of 11.15 percent compared to the same period of the previous fiscal year, meeting the revised target has become difficult for the NBR.
Notably, as growth in the import stage has dropped to negative 7.21 percent, the overall revenue deficit has increased further.
