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Provisions invoked to check evasion: I&I-IR unearths Rs5b revenue leakage
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani tax investigators have invoked the provisions of Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion between Pakistan...
Indian officials arrive next week to discuss cross-LoC trade
NEW DELHI: Pakistan and Indian officials will meet next week in Islamabad for continuing uninterrupted cross-Line of Control (LoC) trade...
100,000 taxpayers to be brought into net within current FY
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has planned to bring one hundred thousand individuals and businesses in the tax net before the...
FBR staff performance evaluation: Integrity Management to figure high
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to attach performance evaluation of all taxation employees with Integrity Management...
Majority of Customs & Excise Group covets PCS
ISLAMABAD: Majority of officers from BPS 1 to 16, numbering 6,517, belong to the Customs and Excise Department have coveted...
FTO orders FBR to take action against officials for highhandedness
ISLAMABAD: Federal Tax Ombudsman Abdul Rauf Chaudhry has directed Federal Board of Revenue to take action against certain tax officials...
ECNEC meeting: Dar approves projects worth Rs62b
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar chaired the meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic...
Increased reliance on foreign debt termed country’s mortgage
ISLAMABAD: Economists and former in office politicians have warned that the future of Pakistan’s economy is being mortgaged the way...
Award of contract for LNG terminal at Port Qasim likely today
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet is meeting today to award contract of multi-million-dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Port Qasim to...
Tax directory full of interesting information
ISLAMABAD: The recently published tax directory has revealed some interesting facts by publishing the amount of income tax paid by Pakistanis...
Duty on cotton yarn import returns: ECC lifts ban from gold import
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet decided withdrawal of SRO 15(I)/2010 to restore 5 percent customs duty...
ST on electricity: FBR stance firm on chargeability
ISLAMABAD: Despite opposition of the Water and Power Minister, the Federal Board of Revenue will maintain its legal stance at...
Vehicles cleared as ambulances: Connivance causes Rs775m loss to exchequer
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has detected embezzlement to the tune of Rs775 million in the clearance of 308...
Pak-Saudi joint ministerial session held
ISLAMABAD: The Joint Pak-Saudi Ministerial Commission meeting discussed several issues concerning bilateral trade and business relation and called for improving...
Rs196.3b April target: Collection dips by 20pc in first 15 days
ISLAMABAD: The revenue collection during the first 15 days of the current month has declined by 20.6 percent as Rs6.931...
Govt to publish MPs Tax directory soon: Dar
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said that the government, in principle, had decided to publish tax directory containing tax details...
Country’s exports reach $16b mark: Ishaq Dar
ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that Pakistan's exports had reached $ 16 billion mark. While addressing a...
FBR transfers Grade-21 officials of Pakistan Customs
KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Wednesday made very important transfers and postings of Grade-21 officials of Pakistan Customs....
Chief Commissioners moot: Top brass dissatisfied with RTOs, LTUs’ performance
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue is dissatisfied with the performance of Chief Commissioners of Large Taxpayer Units (LTUs) and...
Netting retail sector: FBR terms taskforce proposals unviable
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue has rejected the proposals put forward by a taskforce set up under the supervision...
