Insights
Notes from the working paper, not from a brochure.
Short practice notes for owners and finance leads in Bangladesh. These articles are original commentary for this site; they are not legal opinions and they are not extracted from a company-profile deck.
A month-end close that a tax officer could sit through
Five working papers every Dhaka SME should finish before the fifth of the next month — and why “we will catch up at year-end” is how assessments are born.
What a VAT file that holds actually contains
Mushak discipline is not a software feature. It is a pile of matching documents that a reasonable inspector can follow in an afternoon.
Withholding tax: the assessment you can still prevent
Wrong section, wrong rate, late challan. A two-hour payment map in December is cheaper than a two-year argument after the notice.
Your ERP is not your accountant
SAP, Dynamics, or a local package will post whatever you configured. Configuration is an accounting decision. Treat it like one.