FBR to send notices to 100,000 non-filers, say FBR Chairman
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue Chairman Shabbar Zaidi said on Sunday that the board will send notices to around 100,000 non-filers who...
PCJCCI holds seminar on recent taxation measures Â
LAHORE:Â Tax is a basic instrument of the fiscal policy, which is useless if it does not play a significant role in maintaining...
FBR refutes media reports regarding exorbitant WHT on rickshaws, bikes
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Thursday strongly refuted reports that the government has imposed withholding taxes (WHT) to the tune...
‘No CNIC condition for women purchasing goods worth over Rs50,000’
Human Rights Minister Dr Shireen Mazari on Wednesday rebuffed the impression that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has made it mandatory...
Female buyers can share CNIC of male relatives: FBR
Female customers who do not want to share their identity card number, or do not have an independent source of income, can...
Punjab govt vows tax harmonisation to facilitate business community
LAHORE:Â The Punjab government has assured the business community that it would end almost 50 unnecessary taxes, besides unifying the labour-related taxes, and...
PEW calls for mechanism to analyse impact of increased taxes
ISLAMABAD:Â The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Saturday demanded the establishment of a commission to analyse the impact of increased taxes on the...
‘Fair taxation system imperative to make Pakistan an equitable society’
Shabbar Zaidi says policies of previous govts made Pakistan a trading state instead of a semi-manufacturing state
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue...
Flour mills take back countrywide strike call
The All Pakistan Flour Mills Association (APFMA) on Tuesday withdrew its countrywide strike call after the elimination of 17pc GST on various...
FBR’s customs wing reshuffles 1,650 officials to ensure recoveries
KARACHI: As part of the prime minister's drive to reform the Federal Board of Revenue, the Customs Wing has undertaken one of...
FBR’s revenues to surge to Rs10.5tr by 2023-24: IMF
--'Rapid growth of tax revenues will be ensured through policy measures committed by Pakistani authorities'
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has...
Traders shut down markets across Pakistan
--Most businesses remain shut in Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta in protest against ‘unfair’ taxes levied by govt
LAHORE/KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: A countrywide shutter-down strike was...
FBR automates import of raw materials
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has devised an improved system regarding the issuance of exemption certificates under Section 148 of...
Govt urged to introduce soft taxation regime for real estate sector
LAHORE: The government must formulate special policies
and introduce a soft taxation regime for the country’s real estate sector.
This was the upshot of...
‘FBR to form committee for redressal of business community’s woes’
--'No one will be allowed to harass the business community and if anybody dares to do so, he will be kicked out of...