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FBR to collect 3pc minimum value addition ST on all imported goods from July 1
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will collect 3 percent minimum value addition sales tax on all sorts of imported...
Pakistan, Belarus to further strengthen trade ties
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Belarus agreed to optimally utilize the existing institutional mechanisms and intensify bilateral cooperation in agriculture, industry and...
Fitch keeps Pakistan’s rating at ‘B negative’
ISLAMABAD: Fitch Ratings has not improved Pakistan’s credit rating despite a staff-level agreement between Islamabad and the International Monetary Fund...
Govt enhances tax rates on mobile handsets
ISLAMABAD: The government has enhanced flat tax rates on mobile phones in the budget 2019-20 for six different slabs as...
SC directs beverage companies to pay tax on water extraction
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court directed the mineral water and beverage companies to pay the government taxes on extracting underground water...
WB approves $518m for FBR to create sustainable increase in domestic tax revenue
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has approved a package of $518 million for two projects in support of "Pakistan’s ambitious efforts...
IHC suspends govt notification, restores Mushtaq Sukhera as FTO
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Friday issued a stay order on the federal government's notification removing former federal tax...
NAB arrests Faryal Talpur in money laundering case
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability bureau on Friday arrested Faryal Talpur from Islamabad in a case related to money laundering through...
Govt proposes new amendments in Customs Act 1969
ISLAMABAD: The government has proposed new amendments in the Customs Act to control trade mis-invoicing used for transfer of funds...
Govt abolishes non-tax filers regime: Shabbar Zaidi
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Shabbar Zaidi has said that one new thing in this budget 2019-20 is...
Asad Qaiser asks FBR not to pass on burden of FED to tobacco growers
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Shabbir Zaidi has informed the speaker national assembly that the finance bill clearly...
FBR decides to tighten noose around offshore tax evaders
ISLAMABAD: The PTI-government has proposed several amendments to the income tax laws to tighten the noose around offshore tax evaders....
FBR eyes revenue of Rs2b through amendments in super tax
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has estimated additional revenue of Rs2 billion through proposed changes in law related to...
Mushtaq Sukhera removed as Federal Tax Ombudsman
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Thursday removed Mushtaq Ahmed Sukhera from the post of federal tax ombudsman, withdrawing the official...
Registration of Rs40,000 prize bonds soon: FBR
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Wednesday announced that the authorities have decided registration of Rs40,000 prize bonds...
Over 5000 applied for tax amnesty scheme: FBR
ISLAMABAD: The number of people to apply for Tax Amnesty Scheme continues to rise as more than 5000 people have...
Govt facing financial difficulties since assuming power: Hafeez Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr Hafeez Shaikh on Wednesday insisted that "rich people in other countries...
No relief to tax non-filers on purchase of immovable property, vehicles in finance bill: FBR
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) issued an explanation on Wednesday regarding the non-filers of tax in the new...
PM Imran vows to go after ‘the thieves who put country badly in debt’
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday night addressed the nation and vowed to go after the "thieves who left...
Budget 2019-20: Defence budget to grow nominally next year
ISLAMABAD: Defence budget is proposed to grow nominally in the next financial year by 4.74 per cent as compared to...
