Trends - FBR - Business Recorder

FBR

FBR creates new post of Member (Digital Initiatives)

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has created a new post of the Member (Digital Initiatives) to...

Published 17 Oct, 2023 06:41am

Taxpayers’ queries: FTO concerned at FBR Member’s lack of response

ISLAMABAD: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has regretted that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Member Legal has wasted...

Updated 17 Oct, 2023 08:29am

Business & Finance

Number of tax return filers crosses 2.215m mark

ISLAMABAD: The number of income tax return filers has crossed 2.215 million for the tax year 2023 up to October 15,...

Published 17 Oct, 2023 05:51am

Business & Finance

Tobacco industry to fully install ‘track & trace system’ by year-end

ISLAMABAD: The electronic monitoring track and trace system of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is expected to be...

Published 16 Oct, 2023 05:47am

I&I-IR detects illegal adjustments of Rs70bn input tax

ISLAMABAD: The Directorate General Intelligence and Investigation Inland Revenue (I&I-IR)’s national...

Updated 15 Oct, 2023 09:37am

Taskforce on FBR reforms yet to become fully functional

ISLAMABAD: The task force on tax and Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) reforms, constituted by the finance minister has...

Updated 15 Oct, 2023 09:35am

Editorials

Sheer blackmail

EDITORIAL: With revenue-specific conditions of the IMF programme necessitating a progressive revision of the tax...

Published 14 Oct, 2023 05:32am

Business & Finance

FTO directs FBR to place names of all manual filers on latest ATL

ISLAMABAD: Taking a big step to facilitate general public, Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Dr Asif Mahmood Jah has...

Published 14 Oct, 2023 05:32am

Opinion

No more business as usual—V

Much-needed measures for documenting the economy await promulgation of an ordinance for integration of data across...

Updated 13 Oct, 2023 06:46am

Real time basis: FBR asked to evaluate housing schemes in posh areas

ISLAMABAD: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) that the housing schemes in...

Updated 13 Oct, 2023 09:51am

Business & Finance

SECP registers 2,477 new companies in September

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 2,477 new companies in September...

Published 13 Oct, 2023 05:50am

Business & Finance

FBR Headquarters Allowance 2023 allowance

ISLAMABAD: The Caretaker prime minister has granted the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Headquarters Allowance, 2023...

Published 13 Oct, 2023 05:50am

Business & Finance

People asked to verify tax-paid authentic products through new FBR App

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has asked the general public to verify the tax paid authentic products...

Published 13 Oct, 2023 05:50am

New circular of FBR raises eyebrows

KARACHI: Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) has raised concerns about a new circular introduced by the Federal Board...

Updated 12 Oct, 2023 08:42am

Business & Finance

Deceased taxpayers: FBR issues SOP for deregistration of NTNs, STRNs

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for deregistration of...

Published 12 Oct, 2023 05:57am

Pending case of a fertiliser co: IHC asks FBR to submit its cost of litigation

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to submit its cost of...

Updated 11 Oct, 2023 08:40am

Benami transactions, misuse of taxpayers’ CNICs: FTO directs FBR to investigate cases

ISLAMABAD: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has directed the Director General Anti-Benami Initiative, Federal Board of...

Updated 11 Oct, 2023 09:23am

Business & Finance

FBR shuts all DPCs, DPUs

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has closed all its Data Processing Centres (DPCs) and Data Processing...

Published 11 Oct, 2023 03:10am

Markets

PBC calls for investigation after Pakistan’s exports to China ‘underreported by $594mn’

Pakistan Business Council says FBR should also look into the possibility of loss of tax revenue

Updated 10 Oct, 2023 10:48pm

Pakistan

MoC asked to probe why ‘spoiled’ meat was exported to UAE

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Commerce has directed Commerce Ministry to probe factors which led to export...

Published 10 Oct, 2023 06:19am

‘Inflated’ bills: Intelligence agency comes to the rescue of power consumers?

Agency has prompted caretaker government to intervene and take action to provide immediate relief

Updated 10 Oct, 2023 12:40pm

Business & Finance

6 Chinese polyester fabric varieties: New customs values fixed

ISLAMABAD: The Directorate General of Customs Valuation Karachi has fixed new customs values on the import of six...

Updated 10 Oct, 2023 09:19am

Business & Finance

APTMA seeks ‘competitive’ electricity tariff

ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has sought electricity tariff competitive with regional...

Updated 10 Oct, 2023 08:47am

$10bn refinery: PSO interacting with Bank of China/Sinopec

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan State Oil (PSO) is reportedly interacting with Bank of China/Sinopec for establishment of either...

Updated 10 Oct, 2023 09:52am

BR Research

The mystery of cash in circulation decline

Cash in circulation (CiC), a ratio to broad money -M2, in Pakistan is amongst one of the highest in the world, for...

Updated 09 Oct, 2023 01:20pm

Opinion

Poverty on the rise

Poverty levels have risen from 34.2 percent in 2022 to 39.4 percent in 2023, pushing 12.5 million people below the...

Updated 09 Oct, 2023 07:03am

Cheap power during winter months: Package for industry on the cards

The impact of incremental package will be around Rs 25 billion

Updated 09 Oct, 2023 09:53am

FBR to field DTOs to identify new taxpayers

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 19	278.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 19	278.15
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 19	154.37
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 19	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 19	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 19	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 18	5011.12
Nasdaq / Apr 18	15601.50
Dow Jones / Apr 18	37775.38
India Sensex / Apr 19	72222.48
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 19	37068.35
Hang Seng / Apr 19	16205.02
FTSE 100 / Apr 19	7834.89
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 19	17717.67

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 18	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 18	214077
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 19	84.27
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 19	2382.04
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 19	80.67
Petrol/Litre / Apr 20	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 20 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 20 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 20 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 20 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

Markets →

Calculate your monthly liability in FY24

FBR

Most Popular