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Impact of PM tax package, amnesty: FBR to brief Senate body on April 8
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to give in detail impact...
Tax incentives at SEZs: FBR vets PBIT proposal
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue is contemplating the proposal of Punjab Board of Investment & Trade (PBIT), seeking amendment...
FBR withdraws duty concession on BOPET film import
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has amended SRO 565(I)/2006 through an SRO 221(I)/2014 to withdraw concessionary rate of...
WHT demand for July-Mar: Audit to help FBR recover Rs32b
ISLAMABAD: Effective monitoring and audit of withholding agents will help the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to ensure substantial recovery...
New venues must to boost exports: Karim Ahmed Khawaja
ISLAMABAD: The performance of the Commerce Ministry has been impressive under the leadership of Federal Commerce Minister Eng. Khurram Dastgir...
Hassling foreign contractor: FTO wants stern action against officials
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Office played a key role in facilitating a foreign investor who was punished for...
ST zero-rating on gas, power: FBR begins survey to check misuse
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) embarked upon a survey of export-oriented manufacturing unit in textile, leather, surgical, carpets...
Codentify on cigarettes: FBR puts off implementation of plan
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue has put on hold the plan for complicated digital coding and tracking system 'Codentify'...
Customs I&I seizes 2,100 yards bootleg cloth
ISLAMABAD: The Customs Intelligence and Investigation has seized 2,100 yard China-made women cloth being smuggled from Peshawar to Lahore via...
Customs confiscates 1kg heroin
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Customs seized one kilogram of heroin at International Mail Office, Chaklala Garrison, Rawalpindi, from a parcel booked for...
145 kg pangolin scales impounded at Islamabad airport
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Customs has thwarted an attempt to smuggle 145 kg of pangolin scales from Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Islamabad...
Foreign exchange reserves cross threshold of $10b: Dar
ISLAMABAD: The foreign exchange reserves of the country have crossed the threshold of $10 billion on March 31, 2014. The...
Dastgir for promotion of trade within the region
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir has said that the incumbent government wants to promote trade with all neighbouring...
ST (Amend) Ord: FBR spurns CNG price hike concerns
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) clarified that recently issued Presidential Sales Tax (Amendment) Ordinance 2014 will not result...
Imtiaz Ahmad relinquishes charge as Collector, MCC Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Imtiaz Ahmad Khan of Pakistan Customs Service (BS-20) has relinquished the charge of the post of Collector, Model Customs...
OICCI presents tax proposals: FBR chief eyes 100,000 new taxpayers
ISLAMABAD: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) assured the Federal Board Revenue of all-out support for its...
FBR collected Rs209b against Rs215b in March
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue has provisionally collected over Rs209 billion during March 2014 against the target of Rs215...
Defiance of binding directives: FTO awakens FBR chief to negative tendency
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has written in to the FBR chairman, reminding him of the blatant violation of...
Import of unfit used cooking oil: FBR up to curb menace
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue is likely to approach the Commerce Ministry to impose restrictions on the import of...
Tax exemptions no more: WB to provide $10.2b under CPS 2015-19: Dar
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that the World Bank (WB) will give Pakistan $10.2 billion during the next...
