In the study, the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI) found that by 2035, the government would be able to raise 6.8 lakh crore at the current pace of collections. If reforms are carried out, it will go up to Tk 21.1 lakh crore.

Bolstered by rising value-added tax (VAT) collection and increased income tax receipts, the tax administrator logged Tk 259,866 crore in total revenue in the July-March period of the current fiscal year, according to the NBR’s provisional estimates.