Digitization of tax system top priority: finance minister ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb on Wednesday conveyed to the Federal Board of... Updated 14 Mar, 2024 08:47am
Print Six months: Centre transfers Rs2,435.349bn to provinces ISLAMABAD: The federal government has transferred Rs2,435.349 billion to the provinces during the first six months... Updated 28 Feb, 2024 10:14am
Print FBR collects Rs5.15trn from July to mid-Feb: MoF ISLAMABAD: The major contributors to income tax collection during July-January (2023-24) were banks, petroleum... Updated 21 Feb, 2024 09:30am
Opinion Non-disclosures & underperformance Ever year Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) as Revenue Division of Ministry of Finance (MoF), issues data relating to... Published 22 Dec, 2023 05:22am
Print Jul-Nov collection exceeds target ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has provisionally collected Rs3,484 billion during the first five... Updated 01 Dec, 2023 09:08am
Print 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 A little light at the end of the tunnel? EDITORIAL: A visible intent of the stakeholders to deal with smuggling and endemic corruption recently shared during... Published 07 Sep, 2023 06:21am
Print FTO probe results in Rs2bn demand against NHA ISLAMABAD: The investigation completed by Dr Asif Mahmood Jah Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has resulted in huge tax... Updated 28 Aug, 2023 09:48am
Business & Finance Debt servicing hits record high of Rs5.831trn: FY23 closes with 7.7pc budget deficit ISLAMABAD: The government closed the last fiscal year (2022-23) with a budget deficit of 7.7 percent or Rs6.521... Updated 18 Aug, 2023 09:49am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: The seeds of discontent “So what’s the most ill kept secret today?” “If someone wants to be enabled to raise the national flag on... Published 12 Aug, 2023 06:26am
Print Rs9.4trn revenue collection target: FBR required to rely on policy, some other steps ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will heavily rely on policy and administrative/ enforcement measures... Updated 09 Aug, 2023 09:27am
Print Dar sets Rs10trn revenue target for Tiwana-led team ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar threw the gauntlet of chasing a revenue target of Rs 10 trillion for the... Updated 03 Aug, 2023 09:29am
Print FBR surpasses July revenue collection target ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has provisionally collected Rs538 billion during July 2023 against the... Updated 02 Aug, 2023 09:09am
Business & Finance Rural & urban properties: Introduction of uniform stamp duty in Punjab likely LAHORE: The Punjab government is planning to introduce uniform stamp duty and mutation fee rates for rural and urban... Published 18 Jul, 2023 05:51am
Business & Finance Changes in FBR’s tax expenditure may affect provincial revenues ISLAMABAD: The changes made in the cost of tax exemptions by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) may have an impact ... Published 12 Jun, 2023 06:26am
Print FY24 Budget: Rs9.2trn tax collection target expected ISLAMABAD: The tax collection target of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) would be fixed within the range of Rs 9... Updated 23 May, 2023 08:49am
Opinion Budget, taxes, revival & growth Fiscal consolidation should be as growth-friendly as possible. In general, tax base-broadening reforms are ... Published 19 May, 2023 06:17am
Business & Finance E&T dept collects over Rs103,645m until April: Chawla KARACHI: Sindh Excise, Taxation, and Narcotics Control Department announced to collect over Rs 103645 million in the... Published 05 May, 2023 06:44am
Business & Finance Sindh LG Dept to collect property tax across province KARACHI: Additional Chief Secretary Local Government Sindh, Syed Najam Ahmad Shah has directed the administrators of... Published 04 May, 2023 04:26am
Editorials Towards achieving revenue target EDITORIAL: The Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) reportedly shared a detailed plan with Finance Minister Ishaq... Published 28 Apr, 2023 06:08am
Business & Finance July-March: FBR suffers massive shortfall of Rs304bn ISLAMABAD: Despite imposition of additional taxes of Rs 170 billion on February 14, the Federal Board of Revenue... Published 01 Apr, 2023 07:24am
Editorials ‘Reimagining Pakistan’ EDITORIAL: Ideas about rescuing the economy, especially about ending its dependence on donor bailouts, come a dime a... Published 20 Mar, 2023 06:12am
Business & Finance Country can avoid IMF only through higher exports, tax collections: Miftah KARACHI: Former Federal Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Sunday said that in order to avoid International Monetary... Updated 13 Mar, 2023 09:12am
Business & Finance PIDE’s first-ever EconFest held: Country needs to boost exports to $100bn in 5-8 years: minister ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal has said Pakistan needs ... Published 12 Mar, 2023 05:55am
Business & Finance Analyst calls for developing SME sector for sustainable future LAHORE: Renowned political economist Dr Shahid Javed Burki on Thursday emphasized upon enhancing ratio of domestic... Published 03 Mar, 2023 07:26am
Opinion The Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2023: a comment General: The Finance Minister has laid Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2023 on the floor of the Parliament. (National... Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am
Print Rs650bn collection likely: 1pc hike in ST thru ordinance on the cards ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has estimated to collect Rs650 billion during Feb-June (2022-23) by... Updated 08 Feb, 2023 09:08am
Business & Finance Punjab govt collects tax of over Rs154bn through e-Pay LAHORE: The case flow management system and e-Pay Punjab, developed by the Punjab Information Technology Board ... Published 07 Feb, 2023 06:07am
Print State revenue: FTO directs FBR to implement effective mechanism ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to implement an effective... Updated 18 Jan, 2023 08:44am
Editorials The revenue shortfall EDITORIAL: Tax revenue shortfall is projected at 800 billion rupees as per former Finance Minister Dr Hafeez A. ... Published 19 Dec, 2022 06:00am