BANGLADESH INVESTMENT
DEVELOPMENT
(BIDA)
One-Stop Shop
Electronic Services for Investors
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
Trade License Issuance
September 15, 2018
Version 1.0
BANGLADESH INVESTMENT
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Stop Shop
Electronic Services for Investors
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
Trade License Issuance
September 15, 2018
BANGLADESH INVESTMENT
AUTHORITY
Document Control
Document Identification
Document Title
File Name1
File Location(s)2
Owner
Status
Status Date
Document Distribution List
Organization
BIDA
CCC
DSCC
DNCC
Reference Documents
Document Title
None
Revision History
Date Version
September 15, 2018 1.0
1 File naming conventions should be guided by the following widely
1. Avoid long and verbose filenames, spaces, and special characters (e.g., ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) ` ; <> ? ,
[ ] { } ' " and |).
2. Abbreviate, but avoid obscure abbreviatio
3. Order structural components of a filename from top to bottom and from general to specific. For
example, list year, then month, then day; organization, then department, then division; region, then
country, then city; economic sector, then subsector, the
4. Files move around, so choose filenames that are self
structure, as much as possible.2 This is the location of the official and approved version; files located anywhere else should not be conside
official and, therefore, should not be used.
Trade License Issuance
Trade License Issuance
SOP (OSS_Trade License Issuance) 2018-0
“To be determined”
1. (e.g., C:\...\SOPs)
2. (e.g., https://www.sharepoint.bida.com/docs
“A staff member to be determined by the regulatory agency”
Pending final approval
2018-09-15
Document Distribution List
Department Contact
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ZA Initial document by Apex Consulting
File naming conventions should be guided by the following widely-adopted best practices:
Avoid long and verbose filenames, spaces, and special characters (e.g., ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) ` ; <> ? ,
Abbreviate, but avoid obscure abbreviations.
Order structural components of a filename from top to bottom and from general to specific. For
example, list year, then month, then day; organization, then department, then division; region, then
country, then city; economic sector, then subsector, then industry.
Files move around, so choose filenames that are self-contained and independent of the local directory
structure, as much as possible.
This is the location of the official and approved version; files located anywhere else should not be conside
official and, therefore, should not be used.
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09-15
docs/SOPs)
“A staff member to be determined by the regulatory agency”
Contact Information
Date Version
of Change
by Apex Consulting
adopted best practices:
Avoid long and verbose filenames, spaces, and special characters (e.g., ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) ` ; <> ? ,
Order structural components of a filename from top to bottom and from general to specific. For
example, list year, then month, then day; organization, then department, then division; region, then
contained and independent of the local directory
This is the location of the official and approved version; files located anywhere else should not be considered
Standard Operating Procedure
BIDA
CCC
DNCC
DSCC
OSS
Process Overview
Service Name
Service Type
Eligibility Criteria
Effective Date
Policy/Regulatory Objective
Regulatory Agency
Other Agencies Involved
Processing Time (Days)
Waiting Time (Days)
Prescribed Fees
Service Options
Electronic Service URL
Legal Framework
Legal Framework: Governing Laws,
Documents
# Official Title
1. Local Government (City Corporation) Act
2. One Stop Services Act
3. City Corporation Ideal Tax Schedule
4. City Corporation (Taxation) Rules
Acronyms
Trade License Issuance
Procedure
Bangladesh Investment Development Authority
Chittagong City Corporation
Dhaka North City Corporation
Dhaka South City Corporation
One Stop Shop
Trade License Issuance
License
Every business entity operating in Bangladesh.
Upon issuance
Regulate trade and business operations in the country.
City Corporations (Dhaka North, Dhaka South, and Chittagong)
RJSC, NBR
1 day
None
A fixed flat cost-recovery fee
Online
“To be determined by the regulatory agency”
Governing Laws, Policies & Other Legal or Administrative Official
Official Title Year
Local Government (City Corporation) Act 2009
2018
City Corporation Ideal Tax Schedule 2016
City Corporation (Taxation) Rules 1986
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Bangladesh Investment Development Authority
Every business entity operating in Bangladesh.
in the country.
, and Chittagong)
Other Legal or Administrative Official
Sections
Processing Summary
Summary
Preconditions/Prerequisites
Process Outcome
Submission Point
Delivery Point
Validity of the License
Processing Staff
# Role Department
NA
Step-by-Step Process Description
# Step
1
After Business and Tax Registration, provides required information on the business and owner(s) to the Trade LicenseIssuance andRenewalSystem (CityCorporation).
2 Determines therequired fees,which arepredefined.
3 Requests payment from applicant
(investor).
4
Pays the fees and forwards
payment confirmation to the OSS
Portal.
5 Generates a pre-singed trade
license.
6 Forwards the license to the
applicant.
7 In parallel:
Trade License Issuance
Registered businesses need to obtain a Trade license to start
operations in Bangladesh. After business and
OSS portal provides required information on the business to the
City Corporation’s Trade LicenseIssuance andRenewalSystem
The system will then issue the Trade License after the applicant
pays predetermined fees.
Business and Tax Registration
Trade License
OSS
OSS
One year
Department Responsibility
Description
Actor Department
, provides required information on the business and
Trade License Issuance andRenewalSystem (City
OSS Portal (automatically) NA
Determines therequired fees,which
Trade License Issuance
andRenewalSystem (City
Corporation)
NA
Requests payment from applicant OSS Portal (automatically) NA
Pays the fees and forwards
payment confirmation to the OSS Applicant (Investor) NA
singed trade
Trade License Issuance
andRenewalSystem (City
Corporation)
NA
Trade License Issuance
andRenewalSystem (City
Corporation)
NA
Trade License NA
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a Trade license to start
usiness and tax registration, the
OSS portal provides required information on the business to the
LicenseIssuance andRenewalSystem.
The system will then issue the Trade License after the applicant
Responsibility
Department Duration
1 day
# Step
Forwards the license to the OSS
portal.
8 Feeds the M&E and Learning
processes.
9 Conducts Random/Risk Based/Planned SiteInspection
Required Documents
# Forms and Supporting
NA
Process Map
Trade License Issuance
Actor Department
the license to the OSS Issuance andRenewalSystem (City Corporation)
Feeds the M&E and Learning OSS Portal (automatically) NA
Based/Planned SiteInspection.
Trade License Issuance andRenewalSystem (City Corporation)
NA
Supporting Documents Format
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Department Duration
Format �/�
BIDA
Prime Minister’s Office,
Government of the People’s
Republic of Bangladesh,
Plot#E-6/B, Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar,
Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.
Phone: +880 2 55007241-45
Fax: +880 2 55007238-40
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://bida.gov.bd/
Bangla Nagar,
