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Pakistan likely to receive $1.2b IMF tranche as board meets today

byCT Report

FCC declares Section 7E Property Tax unconstitutional, strikes down levy nationwide

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia explore oil refinery upgrades, energy cooperation

Ahad Cheema stresses transparency, efficient monitoring of PPP projects

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Lack of experts & infrastructure: provinces fail in collection of due sales tax on services

bymahmood idrees

ISLAMABAD: The incapacity of provinces for collecting Sales Tax on Services has become vivid due to the lack of infrastructure...

Senate: Osman Saifullah highlights lesser lending to private sector and SMEs

ISLAMABAD: The overall performance of the banking sector in the country with particular reference to the lack of lending to...

Five BS-16 officials of customs promoted to BS-17

bySohail Rab

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has promoted as many as five Pakistan Customs’ officers of BS-16 to the post...

FBR seeks foreign assistance in capacity building, IT infrastructure

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has sought foreign assistance for improvement in two key areas; capacity building of...

FBR to establish new unit to track tax evaders

byCustoms Today Report

13/04/2015

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is planning to establish a new department namely Directorate of General Economic Intelligence Unit...

Commerce minister to discuss impediments in APTTA with Afghan counterpart

13/04/2015

Khurram Dastgir likely to visit Afghanistan next week ISLAMABAD: The irritants and impediments in the smooth functioning of the Afghanistan-Pakistan...

Mushahid orders to bring back Pakistan’s smuggled 780 turtles from Hong Kong

byCustoms Today Report

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Climate Change Mushahidullah Khan has directed the Sindh Wildlife Department Secretary to take effective measures for bringing...

Manufacturers seek more exemptions on exports in Budget 2015-16

ISLAMABAD: Manufacturers seek more exemptions from taxes on exports in the upcoming Budget 2015-16, while on the other hand, the...

Customs gets another 14-day judicial remand of ‘uncooperative’ Ayyan Ali

byCT Report

RAWALPINDI: A customs court on Saturday extended for the third time the judicial remand of supermodel Ayyan Ali in the...

Nawaz Rs2.61m, Shahbaz Rs5.13m, Imran Rs218,237, Fazl Rs15,688: 1,040 out of 1,169 parliamentarians file income tax returns

byCustoms Today Report

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued the tax directory for the year 2014, which shows that 1,040 of...

FBR, HRDN to launch ‘whistle-Blower’ to stop revenue leakage

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has started implementation of its planning regarding expanding of tax net and stoppage of tax-leakage...

FBR urged to take security measures: Non-trained staff securing revenue departments

ISLAMABAD: Due to not having a proper security force, Customs’ inspectors and other lower employees are performing security duties at...

FBR holds workshop to keep senior officers abreast of modern taxing techniques

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has urged the officers of the higher grades to keep them abreast of...

Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan near to finalize Trilateral Transit Agreement

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan have almost neared on the finalization of draft of the Trilateral Transit Agreement among the...

Customs recovers 891 smart phones at Peshawar airport

ISLAMABAD: Customs has recovered 891 smart phones from a bag allegedly being smuggled into Pakistan at Peshawar airport while scanning...

MoC to engage Pak Diaspora to enhance exports to Japan

ISLAMABAD: With an objective to enhance exports to Japan, the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has planned to engage Pakistani Diaspora...

Islamabad: DC told to issue notices to late comer or absentee officers of Grade 17 and above

ISLAMABAD: Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Islamabad has taken strict action over delay in attendance report of grade 17 and...

Bajwa meets Chief Justice for early disposal of 2500-3000 revenue cases

09/04/2015

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue Chairman Tariq Bajwa recently held a meeting with Chief Justice of Pakistan regarding the early...

Intelligence agency contacts Customs to investigate TCS, Smart Zone smuggling case

09/04/2015

ISLAMABAD: On the direction of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, a team of intelligence agency has contacted the customs official...

Suspension of six officials sparks new debate in FBR