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Pakistan’s first in-depth newspaper that presents balanced news reports, analysis and reviews regarding Customs, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Sales/Income Tax Departments beside covering import and export sectors comprehensively. Up-to-the-minute news bulletins regarding Customs and FBR departments are also displayed regularly on both website and face book for the interest of common people
U.S. scrambles to clear egg exports to bird flu-hit Korea
WASHINGTON: U.S. officials are urgently seeking an agreement with South Korea that would allow imports of American eggs so farmers...
Russian economy to return to robust growth after next year
MOSCOW: The former finance minister Aleksey Kudrin expects the Russian economy to grow slow and steady in 2017, before returning...
Thailand commits to accelerating defence industrial development in 2017
BANGKOK: The Thai military government has outlined a commitment to accelerate the development of the domestic defence industrial base in...
Iranian flat steel imports slump on rumors of duty cut
TEHRAN: The recent news about a possible cut in the import duty on flat steel products entering Iran has led...
South Africa energy on fuel price adjustment for January 2017
Media statement issued by the Department of Energy on the adjustment of fuel prices effective from 04 January 2017. The...
India to supply 160MW power to Nepal from Jan.1
KATHMANDU: India will start supplying an additional 80MW electricity to Nepal from Jan.1, 2017, through the Dhalkebar-Muzaffarpur transmission line, the...
Taiwan stocks up, look set for 10% gain in 2016
TAIPEI: Taiwan stocks rose on Friday in the last trading day of the year, with the main index looking set...
Qatar to trim oil output ‘more than 11%
DOHA: Qatar’s oil output is slated to be lower by more than 11% year-on-year in 2017, in line with the...
Spanish left wing activists on trial in Greece
MADRID: The trial of two Spanish left-wing activists begins today in Greece, El Pais reports. Local human rights lawyers will...
Norway 2017 tax rates to include financial services payroll tax
OSLO: Financial-sector employers are to be subject to a new 5 percent payroll tax on employee wages starting Jan. 1,...
Maersk to shut down Denmark’s largest gas production field
COPENHAGEN: Moller-Maersk Group has confirmed that from early January the company will slowly shut down gas production in the Tyra...
SBMA chair foils smuggling of P8-B sugar
MANILA: The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has prevented the smuggling of sugar imported from Thailand amounting to PHP 8...
Netherlands approves 2017 budget
AMSTERDAM: Middle-income earners will face increased income tax rates beginning Jan. 1, 2017, according to the 2017 budget passed by...
Ukraine keeps ban on gold, silver exports in 2017
KIEV: The requirement is outlined in government resolution No. 1009 dated December 28 approving the list of goods which exports...
Paying taxes via credit cards has pros and cons
ATHENS: Taxpayers have paid taxes of almost 1 billion euros using credit cards this year, reflecting the growing difficulty people...
Primary budget surplus climbs to 7.4 billion in first 11 months of 2016
ATHENS: The primary budget surplus of the year’s first 11 months climbed to 7.4 billion euros, due to the overperformance...
German imports to Egypt rise 8.4% in eight months
BERLIN: Egypt's imports from Germany rose by 6.6 percent during the first eight months of 2016 to 31 billion Egyptian...
40,000 seized bags of rice shared to IDPs camps, says Customs
ABUJA: Deputy Comptroller-General Mr. Umar Ilya, said the bags of rice were shared among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps. He...
Indonesia’s tax amnesty reaches second deadline
JAKARTA: On Friday morning, the quietness of Jakarta's usually traffic-clogged streets is a sign of the holiday season, except in...
Brazil’s unemployment jumps again, to 11.9%
SAO PAULO: Unemployment has jumped yet again in Latin America's largest economy, which is in deep recession. Brazil's IBGE statistics...
