Payroll Services · Bangladesh

Subsidiary and INGO Payroll in Bangladesh

We run monthly payroll for foreign-owned subsidiaries, branch and liaison offices, and international NGOs in Bangladesh. Salaries, tax deducted at source, provident fund, bonuses and expatriate pay are calculated, approved and paid on time, with reports your head office and donors can rely on.

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Definition

What Is Subsidiary and INGO Payroll?

Subsidiary and INGO payroll is the monthly process of calculating, approving and paying salaries for a foreign-owned company or international NGO in Bangladesh, including tax deducted at source, provident fund, bonuses and statutory reports, in line with Bangladeshi law and the head office or donor’s own rules.

Under Section 86 of the Income Tax Act 2023, employers in Bangladesh must deduct income tax from salaries each month and deposit it with the government.

Subsidiaries answer mainly to their head office and the tax authority. INGOs also answer to the NGO Affairs Bureau and their donors, so every salary must match an approved project budget.

SubsidiaryCompany, branch or liaison office
INGOInternational NGO
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Main regulator
BIDA and RJSCNGO Affairs Bureau (NGOAB)
Foreign staff
BIDA work permitNGOAB work permit, after FD-9 approval
Budget control
Board-approved budgetFD-6 project budget, overhead capped at 20%
Who reads the reports
Head office, auditors, NBRDonors, NGOAB, auditors, NBR

Both pay the same tax on salaries. The approvals and reporting around them differ.

Salary structure

What We Calculate in Every Payslip

Bangladeshi salaries are usually split into several allowances. We apply your policy, the tax rules and any loan or provident fund deductions, so the net pay is right the first time.

= Net pay to the bankPaid by bank transfer on the agreed pay day, with an emailed payslip

Illustrative structure. Your components and ratios follow your approved salary policy.

For INGOs

Every Salary Charged to the Right Grant

Donor auditors want to see that each salary charged to a grant matches the approved budget and the time the person really spent on it. We split each salary across project and grant codes using your timesheets or approved level of effort.

The NGO Affairs Bureau approves each project budget through an FD-6 form, and administrative or support costs must not exceed 20% of it. Foreign staff must also be named in the approved project and hold an NGOAB work permit.

You get: a monthly allocation report by grant, ready for donor financial reports and audits.

Getting started

A Safe Switch From Your Current Payroll

We never take over payroll blind. A parallel run proves the numbers before your staff are paid by us for the first time.

Switching your payroll to us

STEP 1Share your current dataEmployee list, salary structure, last three payrolls, tax and PF details.
STEP 2Parallel runWe run one month alongside your current process and explain every difference.
STEP 3Approve the workflowAgree input dates, who approves, bank file format and report pack.
STEP 4Go liveWe run payroll from the next month, with a named contact for your HR and finance teams.

What you get

Your Monthly Payroll Pack

Six outputs every month, in formats your finance team, auditors and donors already use.

PDFPayslipsEmailed to each employee every month
XLSPayroll registerEvery component for every employee
TXTBank transfer fileIn your bank's upload format
PDFTax deduction summaryAmounts deducted and deposited
XLSGrant allocation reportSalary cost by project and donor
PDFYear-end tax certificatesFor each employee's tax return

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FAQs

Subsidiary and INGO Payroll: FAQs

It means a specialist firm calculates, checks and processes your monthly payroll in Bangladesh, including tax deducted at source, provident fund and bonuses, while you keep approval of every payment and control of your bank account.

Yes. We run payroll in line with your approved FD-6 project budgets, split salaries across grants and cost codes, and prepare reports for donors and auditors.

We use your timesheets or approved level of effort to split each salary across projects and grants, and produce a monthly allocation report that matches the payroll register.

Yes. Section 86 of the Income Tax Act 2023 requires employers to deduct tax from salaries. We calculate the monthly deduction for each employee, prepare the deposit and help you file the required withholding returns.

Yes, once they hold a valid work permit: from BIDA for companies, branch and liaison offices, or from the NGO Affairs Bureau for INGOs. We include their salary and tax in the same monthly cycle.

We calculate employer and employee contributions under your approved scheme and keep the records. The fund’s trustees remain responsible for the fund itself and its investments.

We agree access rules, confidentiality terms and data handling in the contract before we receive any data, and limit access to the people who run your payroll.

We charge a monthly fee based mainly on the number of employees and the reports you need. You get a written quote after a short scoping call.

PAY TO: YOUR TEAMOn time, every month

Hand Over Payroll With Confidence

Tell us how many employees, entities and grants you run in Bangladesh. We will scope the work and give you a written monthly fee before anything changes.

BPO Bangladesh · Suite 610, 5th Floor, Rupayan Shopping Square, Bashundhara R/A, Dhaka 1229 · +880 1711-990020

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