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FTO order for safety of taxpayers date falls on deaf ears
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue failed to implement order of the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) regarding devising a secure...
Import of Chinese arms, ammunition: MCCs follow new values for assessing duties
ISLAMABAD: The Customs collectors at Model Customs Collectorates (MCCs) have adopted new customs value for accurate assessment of customs duty...
New strategy paper in the making to up tax-to-GDP ratio
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue has been striving hard to raise tax-to-GDP ratio up to 15 percent while preparing...
Slash in ST on fabric imports; govt violates commitment with IMF
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) issued statutory regulatory orders (SRO), reducing sales tax to three percent from five...
Efforts on to make WeBOC amendments soon: Tanveer Ahmad
KARACHI: The entire team of Web Based One Customs (WeBOC) is working tirelessly in order to complete amendments in WeBOC,...
MCC-Appraisement (West) lags behind the set target
KARACHI: Model Customs Collectorate (MCC) of Appraisement (West) has collected Rs 45,611 millions in share of customs duty, sales tax,...
Dar chairs ECC meeting, expresses concern over increase in fertilizer prices
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) which lasted for over four and a half hours was held...
Senate told FBR pays Rs381m rent for 3,640 buildings
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue informed the Senate that it has been paying Rs381 million as rent for about...
Michael in London to participate in 28th IMO assembly session
LONDON: Minister for Ports and Shipping Kamran Michael is leading a delegation to participate in the 28th session of the...
Fake claim: Company gets millions in ST refunds
KARACHI: A civil construction company has reportedly obtained sales tax refunds worth millions of rupees from Federal Board of Revenue...
Chinese officials take assessment trip to Gwadar port
GWADAR: A high-level Chinese delegation under the leadership of Yang Zan Director General of Department of International Cooperation Ministry of...
FBR wants amends to procedure for ST registration
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue is likely to notify amended sales tax registration procedure once the Law and Justice...
PM’s incentive scheme: New taxpayers held out an olive branch
ISLAMABAD: Holding out an olive branch to the new taxpayers under Prime Minister’s Incentive Scheme, the Federal Board of Revenue...
MPs to get NTNs on a par ECP data
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) the FBR will issue National Tax Numbers (NTNs) to parliamentarians by taking into...
Duty collection: MCC-Appraisement (South) for evolving effective strategy
KARACHI: Chief Collector Appraisement (south) Nasir Masroor Ahmed held a series of meetings with Collectors of all three collectorates. Sources...
Importers, customs agents facing hardships in hearing of their cases
KARACHI: The importers and Customs agents are facing immense hardships in hearing of their cases, due to shortage of Pakistan...
FBR moves for review of verdict on fuel levy
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) moved a petition in the Supreme Court, seeking review of its Dec 10,...
Govt committed to taking federating units along: Dar
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar has declared that the PML-N government is striving hard to resolve all issues with...
Customs impounds smuggled goods worth Rs5m
LAHORE: Customs authorities seized non-duty paid goods and articles worth Rs 5 million from various places in Lahore. Sources said...
Indo-Pak Commerce Secy level talks to start from Jan 15
ISLAMABAD: Commerce secretary level talks between India and Pakistan would be held on January 15-16 in New Delhi to put...
