Dear Investor, Please accept our greetings from BIDA. We are grateful for your continued effort in your efforts to invest in Bangladesh. We would like to inform you that according to the instruction of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) a 15% VAT will be applicable to the services rendered by BIDA. This charging of VAT will be applicable from 11th May, 2021 (excluding application charge 250/- Taka). 1. Those who have submitted payment through OSS from 11-05-2021 to 03-06-2021 up to 5.:00PM. are requested to pay the applicable VAT through Treasury Challan until further notice. The payment code no will be 1-1133-0035-0311 in Bangladesh Bank or in any branch of Sonali Bank Ltd. 2. The name of the Company, tracking number of the application, the applicable service name of BIDA and name of the organization/expatriate’s name (in applicable cases) should be mentioned in the treasury challan. 3. After paying of the VAT, one copy of treasury challan shall be submitted at BIDA office and if necessary uploaded in the online application. The existing service charge shall remain unchanged. Regarding 15% VAT inclusion applicable to the services rendered by BIDA.