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DI&I-Customs thwarts smuggling attempt
NOWSHERA: Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation has foiled an attempt to smuggle huge quantity of narcotics on Motorway while...
Budget FY14-15: Fixed tax on bagasse-fired sugar mills proposed
ISLAMABAD: The Engineering Development Board (EDB) has proposed a fixed tax on sugar mills having equipped with bagasse-based/self-generation power plants...
Levy of cargo tax: PEW urges KPK govt to rethink decision
PESHAWAR: Revival and promotion of industry in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is linked with conducive environment therefore the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government should...
Growth to remain over 4pc: Dar sees $15b foreign reserves by September
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar expressed the hope that national economy would grow by over 4 per cent during the...
Zero tolerance for corrupt practices in FBR: Bashirullah Khan
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue has accomplished 80 percent automation for putting in place Human Resource Information System (HRIS)...
Auto parts retail sale, commercial imports: EDB proposes levy of ST
ISLAMABAD: The Engineering Development Board (EDB) has proposed imposition of Sales Tax at the standard rate of 17 percent on...
Incentives for loss-making entities: LTU proposes removal of sub-section 1
ISLAMABAD: The Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU) Karachi in its budget proposal 2014-15 suggested the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to...
Plenty of utilizable opportunities between Pakistan, Iran: Dastgir
ISLAMABAD: Federal Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir has said that Iran and Pakistan have many capacities which can be used for...
FBR allows duty free potatoes import for three months
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has eliminated sales tax, customs duty and withholding tax on the import of potatoes while...
Existing scheme of ST collection to continue: FBR
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has clarified that the news appearing in a section of the press regarding introduction of...
Rs 47.110b ST fraud: Directorates infighting over jurisdiction mars probe
ISLAMABAD: Jurisdiction infighting between the Directorate General Intelligence and Investigation (DGI&I)-FBR and Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation (DI&I) Inland Revenue...
SROs elimination looming: Duty cut likely to boost automobiles import
ISLAMABAD: The government is planning a considerable cut in customs duty on import of up to three-year-old automobiles of all...
Computer hardware Import: I&I DG cautions IT firms against ‘business model’
ISLAMABAD: The FBR Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation Inland Revenue (IR) Islamabad has cautioned leading international IT companies against...
PM’s tax incentive scheme expires
ISLAMABAD: The deadline for availing the Prime Minister Tax Incentive Scheme has expired amid failure to attract investors for declaring...
CAA seeks Rs7.99b refund paid as income tax
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has received a request from the Cabinet Secretariat (Aviation Division), seeking refund of...
Rs167b revenue collected in April
ISLAMABAD: Provisional revenue collection figures compiled by the Federal Board of Revenue in the tenth month of the current fiscal...
Only Rs468m recovered: Poor ST, FED dues recovery draws FBR ire
ISLAMABAD: The slow pace of recovery of sales tax and federal excise duty arrears by about 21 Large Taxpayer Units...
FBR sees adverse implications: Food Ministry proposal for duty-free potatoes import opposed
ISLAMABAD: The proposal for the duty-free import of 200,000 metric tonnes of potatoes to stabilise its prices in the local...
Finance Ministry, FBR adamant: Food Ministry wants 10pc GST on tractor
ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry and Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) have reportedly refused to help out local tractor industry. However,...
FBR may take stern action against big guns
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has reportedly decided to act sternly against the tax defaulters amongst the big guns of...
