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RTO Sargodha detects Rs23bn tax evasion

ISLAMABAD: A Withholding Zone of Regional Tax Office (RTO) Sargodha has effectively utilised the existing data and...

Published 16 Sep, 2024 06:08am

Non-certified receipts: FBR plans imposing heavy fines on big retailers

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is planning to impose heavy fines on big retailers, who are found to...

Updated 14 Sep, 2024 12:26pm

Markets

Higher sales tax threatens government’s EV promotion efforts: EDB official

An official from the Engineering Development Board (EDB) warned that raising the general sales tax (GST) on electric...

Published 11 Sep, 2024 12:44pm

Business & Finance

OMAP seeks PM’s intervention to help resolve issues facing petroleum industry

LAHORE: The Oil Marketing Association of Pakistan (OMAP) has sounded the alarm on the country’s petroleum industry,...

Updated 09 Sep, 2024 09:37am

Business & Finance

Wrong posting of NTN number in sales tax return: Sessions Court dismisses plea moved by citizen

LAHORE: An Additional District & Sessions Judge Lahore has held that an application under section 22-A of the...

Published 03 Sep, 2024 06:27am

GST relief on scrap: Steel industry urges FBR to implement policy decision

ISLAMABAD: The documented steel industry has asked the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to implement policy decision...

Updated 03 Sep, 2024 08:58am

Business & Finance

Higher taxation: BMP says govt has failed to pass on oil price decline to consumers

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s Businessmen Panel has sought reduction in...

Updated 02 Sep, 2024 09:12am

Business & Finance

Pakistan Tanners Association demands resolution of issues facing leather industry

KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA) Muhammad Mehr Ali has invited immediate attention of the...

Published 01 Sep, 2024 02:46am

Business & Finance

Reintroduction of sales tax on advances: KTBA seeks guidelines on advance invoices’ declaration

KARACHI: Taxpayers in Karachi are grappling with significant challenges in paying sales tax and claiming ...

Published 31 Aug, 2024 06:55am

Business & Finance

‘New Sales Tax Return of PRA’: PCJCCI holds awareness session

LAHORE: Pakistan China Joint Chamber of Commerce & Industry (PCJCCI) organized an awareness session on “New...

Published 30 Aug, 2024 08:03am

Business & Finance

Sales Tax Rules, 2006: KTBA seeks inclusion of pharma sector under Rule 18A

KARACHI: The Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) has formally requested the inclusion of the pharmaceutical sector...

Published 30 Aug, 2024 06:08am

Business & Finance

Commissioner IR tells APTMA member mills: FBR devises three automated systems to streamline payment system

LAHORE: Raza Ashfaq Sheikh, Commissioner Inland Revenue and Member Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal Punjab, has ...

Published 30 Aug, 2024 06:08am

President endorses FTO’s order against fake sales tax invoices

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has endorsed the Federal Tax Ombudsman’s (FTO) directions against the Federal...

Updated 26 Aug, 2024 08:55am

Business & Finance

‘Seeking record after selecting group of taxpayers for audit unlawful’

LAHORE: Seeking record after selecting a group of taxpayers for audit is unlawful, said tax practitioners. They said...

Published 25 Aug, 2024 03:05am

Date for filing GST, federal excise returns extended

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has extended the last date for filing of sales tax and federal excise...

Updated 18 Aug, 2024 09:44am

Business & Finance

Major sales tax fraud unearthed

KARACHI: The Directorate of Internal Audit (Southern Region) has uncovered a major sales tax fraud involving Rs 11.3...

Published 16 Aug, 2024 06:56am

Opinion

Bring back zero-rating

Should the government ensure implementation of sales tax at the point-of-sale, ~Rs 293 billion in tax revenue could...

Updated 13 Aug, 2024 07:51am

BR Research

Calm down!

Cement dealers are irate. The association representing cement dealers went on a strike after the government...

Published 08 Aug, 2024 07:27am

Jurisdiction issue: SC sends back toll manufacturing sales tax case to high court

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has referred back the jurisdiction matter for the levy and collection of...

Updated 08 Aug, 2024 09:20am

Business & Finance

Blacklisting, suspension: FBR empowers CC-IR to review orders

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has empowered the Chief Commissioners (Inland Revenue) to review the...

Published 07 Aug, 2024 05:38am

Educational, health institutions: Senate panel tells FBR to give details of tax, duty relief

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance has sought details of the educational and health institutions...

Updated 07 Aug, 2024 08:36am

Imported goods specified in Third Schedule: FBR empowered to fix value of supply

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has been empowered to fix the value of supply in case of imported...

Updated 06 Aug, 2024 09:07am

E-compliance for real-time integration: Taxpayers including those in 14 business categories will have to pay heavy cost

ISLAMABAD: Taxpayers including those in 14 categories of business enterprises would have to pay heavy cost for...

Updated 05 Aug, 2024 10:37am

Govt mulling raising GST on tractors to 14pc

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is planning to raise sales tax on tractors from 10 to 14 percent. In the last...

Updated 04 Aug, 2024 09:53am

Business & Finance

July cement despatches decline 6.81pc to 3.01m tons YoY

LAHORE: Cement despatches declined by 6.81% in July 2024 showing declining trend for consecutive 11 months due to...

Published 04 Aug, 2024 02:47am

Conditions for GST payment, tax returns relaxed

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has relaxed conditions for sales taxpayers and requirement to file...

Updated 02 Aug, 2024 09:45am

Auction for serviceable old cars: No 18pc GST if tax paid at import stage: FBR

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will not charge 18 percent sales tax on auction of serviceable old and...

Updated 01 Aug, 2024 09:20am

Business & Finance

Petroleum products into sales Tax exemption: Change of status of zero-rating to benefit FBR worth Rs20bn

ISLAMABAD: The change of status of zero-rating of petroleum products into sales tax exemption would benefit Federal...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 06:40am

Business & Finance

Sales tax registered persons: Deadline extended for biometric re-verification

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has extended deadline up to August 31, 2024 for sales tax registered...

Updated 31 Jul, 2024 09:21am

Tax refund cases: LHC bars FIA from taking steps against FBR officers

ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has barred Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from taking coercive measures...

Updated 29 Jul, 2024 10:02am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 13	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 13	278.03
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 13	140.85
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 13	0.85
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 13	1.31
Euro to USD / Sep 13	1.11

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 13	5,626.02
India Sensex / Sep 13	82,890.94
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 13	36,581.76
Nasdaq / Sep 13	17,683.98
Hang Seng / Sep 13	17,369.09
FTSE 100 / Sep 13	8,273.09
Dow Jones / Sep 13	41,393.78
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 13	18,699.40

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 13	68.65
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 13	18,735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 13	227,966
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 13	2,577.70
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 13	69.82
Petrol/Litre / Sep 16	249.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

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

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