The association also called for introducing digital value-added tax (VAT) challan and withdrawing the obligatory VAT-registration system for the companies having an annual turnover up to Tk 30 million.
NBR chairman Abu Hena Mohammad Rahmatul Muneem presided over the meeting.
The e-CAB representatives said there is ambiguity in the definition of online retail and market place, which needs to be upgraded, and taxes and other duties should be imposed accordingly.
"Only three to four per cent of the total population make online purchase here, which is over 25 per cent for many countries," e-CAB member Fahim Mashroor was quoted as saying by Bangladeshi media reports.
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