Tax-free income limit unchanged

The government did not increase the tax-free income for individual taxpayers in the proposed budget for the 2025–26 fiscal year. At present, it is Tk 3.5 lakh.

Individual taxpayers will see their tax-free income limit go up to Tk 375,000 from the fiscal year 2026-27.

Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed announced this while presenting the proposed Tk 7,89,999 crore national budget for 2025–2026. 

Bangladesh Television broadcast the Financial Adviser's budget speech live from 3 pm on Monday (June 2).  

Earlier, the budget was approved at a special meeting of the Advisory Council at the Chief Adviser’s office in Tejgaon, Dhaka, with Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus in the chair.