Location guide · Bangladesh
Location guides for 2 cities in Bangladesh, from Dhaka and Chattogram. Flip Retail builds custom ERP, AI agents, web applications and SaaS for businesses in Bangladesh from Jaipur, India, and delivers remotely.
01 — Compliance
Tax, e-invoicing, data-protection and AI rules that shape an ERP, billing system or AI agent in Bangladesh. Last reviewed October 2026.
| Indirect tax | VAT, standard rate 15%VAT under the VAT and Supplementary Duty Act 2012 is 15% standard with reduced rates for some sectors, prescribed Mushak forms (Mushak 6.3 is the tax invoice) and VAT deduction at source on many B2B payments. |
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| E-invoicing | Phasing in · EFD/SDC fiscal devices and NBR e-VATRetailers, restaurants and other listed sectors, mainly in Dhaka and Chattogram, must issue receipts through NBR-connected Electronic Fiscal Devices or Sales Data Controllers, and the list expands each year; VAT returns run through the e-VAT system. The Finance Bill 2026 added enabling provisions for electronic Mushak 6.3 invoices from ERP systems, but no general e-invoicing deadline has been legislated. |
| Data protection | Personal Data Protection Ordinance 2025Bangladesh's first comprehensive data-protection framework, issued by the interim government in late 2025 with consent, cross-border transfer and breach-reporting rules under a national data authority and an 18-month compliance window; implementation is at an early stage. |
| AI rules | No AI-specific statute; a draft National AI Policy 2026-2030 has been released for public consultation. |
| Systems we migrate from or connect to | Tally, Odoo, SAP Business One, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Oracle NetSuiteMasters, ledgers, stock and open balances move across and are reconciled before cutover. |
| Payment rails for web apps and SaaS | bKash, Nagad, Rocket, SSLCOMMERZ, aamarPay |
| Also worth knowing | Business software must produce NBR Mushak-format invoices and registers and handle VAT and income-tax withholding at source; foreign-exchange rules can complicate paying for overseas SaaS. |
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change, so we confirm current requirements during discovery; your tax adviser should confirm anything that affects filings.
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02 — Cities
Each guide covers the local economy, the industries we would build for first, and how working with Jaipur fits your hours.
03 — Industries
The industries that come up most across the cities we cover in Bangladesh.
04 — Services
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Start a conversation05 — FAQ
Yes. Flip Retail is based in Jaipur, India, and works with Bangladesh businesses remotely. We have no office in Bangladesh; discovery happens on video calls, you get working software every two weeks, and the engineers who write the code are on the calls.
Yes. Invoicing is built for Bangladesh's VAT (standard rate 15%). Retailers, restaurants and other listed sectors, mainly in Dhaka and Chattogram, must issue receipts through NBR-connected Electronic Fiscal Devices or Sales Data Controllers, and the list expands each year; VAT returns run through the e-VAT system. The Finance Bill 2026 added enabling provisions for electronic Mushak 6.3 invoices from ERP systems, but no general e-invoicing deadline has been legislated. A custom ERP connects to EFD/SDC devices through its official API or an accredited provider, and we confirm the current requirements in discovery.
Bangladesh's first comprehensive data-protection framework, issued by the interim government in late 2025 with consent, cross-border transfer and breach-reporting rules under a national data authority and an 18-month compliance window; implementation is at an early stage. You choose where the system is hosted, access is role-based, and we work on test or masked data during development wherever possible.
Yes. Masters, ledgers, stock items and opening balances move across and are reconciled with your accountant before cutover, ideally at a year-end or quarter-end.
No AI-specific statute; a draft National AI Policy 2026-2030 has been released for public consultation. We design AI agents with logging, human oversight and clear disclosure from the start, which covers most current requirements.
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