Cashless land development tax (LD Tax) system is going to be implemented from the Pahela Baishakh, 14 April 2023, said a public notification issued on Wednesday by the Ministry of Land.
Earlier Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced the introduction of the cashless land development tax system during the inauguration ceremony of the National Land Conference held in Dhaka on March 29.
The public notice mentioned that in order to make the land development tax collection system more people-friendly, it has been decided to collect the taxes online, that is, through mobile payments, debit or credit card payments, or banks starting from 1st Baishakh, 1430 Bengali year. All landowners (both individuals and organisations) are requested to pay their land development taxes on time and regularly in order to implement the land development tax collection service as a cashless fully digitalised service.
The public notice also said that after completing the citizen registration process at the land.gov.bd web portal, landowners can pay land development taxes and collect the receipt online. For more information, please call 16122 (+880 96123 16122 from abroad) or send a direct message on the Facebook page www.facebook.com/land.gov.bd.
The Ministry of Land has already implemented the cashless e-Mutation system from October 1, 2022. The introduction of the cashless land development tax system on April 14 will be a significant step for the Ministry of Land towards establishing a people-friendly smart land management system.
