Adv Moazzem Hossain
Advocate
- Office
- Dhaka
- info@trw.co
- Phone
- +880 1708 000660
Tax Compliance in Bangladesh · Tax Disputes · VAT & Customs in Bangladesh
About Moazzem Hossain
Adv Moazzem Hossain is an advocate with TRW & Co in Dhaka. Moazzem Hossain advises on tax compliance, tax disputes and related matters, and is known within the team for thorough preparation and straightforward, practical advice.
Moazzem Hossain advises individuals and businesses on income tax, VAT and customs, from routine compliance and return filing to audits, assessments and appeals. The approach is careful and evidence-led, so that positions taken with the National Board of Revenue are well documented and defensible.
Because TRW operates as one firm across its practice fields, Moazzem Hossain can bring in colleagues on VAT & customs, corporate tax and cross-border questions quickly, while keeping responsibility for the client's matter clear.
Moazzem Hossain acts for individual taxpayers, importers, exporters, service businesses and multinational subsidiaries. Whether the matter is urgent or long-running, the same standards apply: accurate advice, documents prepared with care, deadlines tracked closely and a straightforward explanation of each step and its consequences.
Good outcomes usually come from good preparation. The documents are reviewed in detail, identifies gaps before the other side does, and keeps clients informed so that settlement opportunities and procedural risks are spotted early rather than late.
To discuss a matter with Moazzem Hossain, book a consultation or contact the firm. Read more about the wider team on the TRW people page.
Moazzem Hossain: practice areas
01Tax Compliance in Bangladesh
Legal support on tax compliance in Bangladesh for local companies, foreign-owned subsidiaries, branches, project offices and individuals, covering income tax, VAT, withholding, transfer pricing. Typical work includes registrations and entity set-up, withholding tax and cross-border payments, VAT compliance and process review and transfer pricing and group transactions.
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02Tax Disputes
Tax disputes for companies, foreign investors, banks, manufacturers, exporters and individuals in Bangladesh, covering income tax and VAT audits, assessments, penalties, withholding. Typical work includes audit and assessment responses, income tax appeals, VAT and supplementary duty disputes and transfer pricing disputes.
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03VAT & Customs in Bangladesh
VAT and customs advice in Bangladesh for manufacturers, importers, exporters, service providers and foreign suppliers. Clients instruct Moazzem Hossain on VAT registration and set-up, VAT compliance health checks, tariff classification and valuation and bonded, drawback and concession regimes.
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04Corporate Tax
Corporate tax advice for Bangladeshi companies, foreign-owned subsidiaries, branches and investors, covering the Income Tax Act 2023, withholding obligations, transfer pricing, double tax treaties. Work here covers tax structuring for investments, withholding and compliance review, transfer pricing and intra-group payments and tax treaties and cross-border issues.
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05Business Licensing & Regulatory Approvals
Business licensing and regulatory approvals in Bangladesh for local companies, foreign investors, start-ups and growing groups. Work here covers permission mapping for new ventures, trade licence and local registrations, foreign investor approvals and sector and premises permits.
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- Early assessmentEvery matter starts with the facts and documents, a clear view of the law and an honest assessment of the options, costs and likely timing.
- Written advice you can useAdvice is given in plain language, with the steps, deadlines and decisions that matter set out clearly.
- Thorough preparationFilings, evidence and submissions are prepared carefully and checked against the procedure that applies in the relevant court, tribunal or authority.
- Regular updatesClients are kept informed after each hearing, filing or development, so there are no surprises.
Court work in Bangladesh runs through a layered system, from the District courts and specialised tribunals to the High Court Division and Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Moazzem Hossain prepares each matter with the procedure of the relevant forum in mind.
Representative matters
- Reviewing withholding tax obligations on payments to foreign service providers.
- Advising an individual on wealth statements and filing of belated returns.
- Preparing a reply to an income tax audit notice and supporting documents for a trading company.
- Advising on VAT registration, return filing and input credit for a services business.
Qualifications and admissions
- Role
- Advocate
- Office
- Dhaka
- Practice group
- Trade & Regulation
- Admission
- Advocate, entitled to practise before the courts of Bangladesh
- Bar membership
- Bangladesh Bar Council
- Languages
- Bangla, English