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Incentives

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  • Incentive offered
  • Incentive not offered
  • Did not submit information
Cash grants/incentivesMore [+]Less [-]

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Tax exemptionsMore [+]Less [-]
  • Generally five to seven years' tax exemptions are available. For electric power generation tax exemptions are provided for up to 15 years.
  • No import duty is applicable for export oriented industry. For other industries it is 5% ad valorem.
  • Double taxation can be avoided as Bangladesh benefits from many bilateral investment agreements. Exemptions of income tax up to three years.
  • Tax exemptions on royalties, technical know-how fees received by any foreign collaborator.
  • Tax exemption on the interest on foreign loans.

(Conditions Apply)
Property assistance / other fiscal incentiveMore [+]Less [-]
  • Facilities such as special bonded warehouse against back-to-back letters of credit or notional import duty and non payment of Value Added Tax (VAT) facilities are available as per SRO of the government.
Training and labor market assistanceMore [+]Less [-]
  • The expenditure incurred by an employer to train his employee is exempted from income tax.
Loan guarantees, cheap loans or financeMore [+]Less [-]
  • Bank loans, of up to 90% if the value against irrevocable and confirmed letters of credit/sales agreement, are available.
Exemptions from regulations
Target sectorsMore [+]Less [-]
  1. ICT & Business
  2. Agribusiness
  3. Power
Sectors specific incentives

Sponsorship

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