Rethinking tax policy EDITORIAL: The Asian Development Bank’s recent report, “Taxing informal and hard-to-tax sectors — a policy... Updated 14 Jul, 2025 07:06am
Budget 2025-26 Aurangzeb reaffirms commitment to consultative policy framework ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb reaffirms government’s commitment to... Updated 10 Jul, 2025 09:00am
BR Research Taxing safety, subsidising risk The government says it does not want to reward risk-averse investors. It wants to encourage risk takers instead. ... Published 20 Jun, 2025 06:20am
Editorials Expanding the net EDITORIAL: There is no fiscal case, and certainly no moral one, for letting large segments of the economy operate... Published 15 Jun, 2025 03:30am
Business & Finance FPCCI opposes new taxes in budget KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Vice President Muhammad Aman Paracha... Published 03 Jun, 2025 06:14am
Business & Finance SAI submits comprehensive proposals for federal budget ISLAMABAD: The SITE Association of Industry (SAI) has submitted comprehensive budget proposals for the Federal ... Published 28 May, 2025 06:02am
Opinion Pakistan’s flawed tax structure Donor agencies have been clamouring for reforms in Pakistan’s unfair, inequitable and anomalous tax structure but... Updated 26 May, 2025 07:18am
Budget 2025-26 Construction sector: builders, developers call for 15-year tax policy The Association of Builders and Developers of Pakistan (ABAD) has called for a long-term 15-year tax policy for the... Published 22 May, 2025 09:14pm
Technology Pakistan’s IT, ITeS sector: P@SHA underscores need for consistent tax policy ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) has strongly recommended a consistent tax policy with no... Updated 21 May, 2025 09:25am
Business & Finance Steel industry seeks a ‘viable and clear’ tax policy ISLAMABAD: Pakistan steel industry, Friday, urged the government to draft a viable and clear written policy for the... Published 10 May, 2025 06:08am
Pakistan Pakistan’s tax-to-GDP ratio to reach 10.6% by June, Aurangzeb tell S&P Global Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has said that Pakistan’s tax-to-GDP ratio is expected to reach 10.6% by the end... Published 02 May, 2025 03:19pm
Print Growth in Pakistan may stay broadly unchanged: IMF ISLAMABAD: Growth for Pakistan is expected to remain broadly unchanged in fiscal year 2025, reflecting a 0.6... Updated 02 May, 2025 02:20pm
Budget 2025-26 Budget proposals: Independent experts evaluating: Aurangzeb ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has said that the government has engaged independent experts/... Updated 01 May, 2025 04:15pm
Print Tax policy for cotton sector: FBR asked to seek viewpoint of IMF Ministry of National Food Security and Research directed to conduct consultative meetings with all relevant stakeholders Updated 10 Feb, 2025 03:14pm
Business & Finance Senate panel questions ‘effectiveness’ of training programmes for FBR officers Revenue shortfall of Rs384 billion recorded in first half FY25, Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue informed Updated 30 Jan, 2025 10:50pm
Print Budget 2025-26: PBC suggests separation of tax policy from FBR ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has recommended separation of tax policy from the Federal Board of... Updated 29 Jan, 2025 09:43am
Print Aurangzeb informs PBC: Tax policy unit to be relocated to MoF ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has conveyed to Pakistan Business Council (PBC) that the government... Updated 28 Jan, 2025 03:10pm
Print Macro-fiscal forecasts for budget: IMF asks govt to strengthen capacity of FD Notes that current organisation of the Finance Division is relatively fragmented and presents an obstacle to achieving a more strategic approach to budgeting Updated 16 Nov, 2024 09:08pm
Print Tax-to-GDP ratio drastically down in 2023-24 ISLAMABAD: The Tax-to-Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio drastically decreased from 9.22 percent in 2021-22 to 8.77... Updated 08 Nov, 2024 09:41am
Opinion Banking on missteps: latest tax policy will distort financial system One of the more short-sighted fiscal measures recently introduced is the higher tax on banking income from ... Updated 28 Oct, 2024 08:35am
Editorials UN support for Global Tax Convention EDITORIAL: The United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation unveiled a draft during its ad... Updated 06 Sep, 2024 07:39am
Print Non-filers must be brought into the tax net: PM Seeks a comprehensive action plan with specific goals regarding the digitisation and reforms of FBR Updated 06 Jul, 2024 07:55pm
Print e-vehicles, telecom sector: FBR vows to review omission of incentives ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has assured the finance committee that it will review the omission of... Updated 21 Jun, 2024 09:17am
Editorials Missed revenue targets EDITORIAL: The Federal Board of Revenue’s contention that it will fall short of its revenue target of Rs9.42... Published 20 Jun, 2024 06:10am
Print GST on infant food, milk in phases ISLAMABAD: The tax policy of introducing sales tax in three stages, starting from 5 percent on infant formula, baby... Updated 20 Jun, 2024 09:00am
Business & Finance Long-term tax policy reforms recommended: Economists for flexible tariff system ISLAMABAD: Economists while recommending long-term tax policy reforms have urged the government to introduce and... Published 11 Jun, 2024 03:17am
Print FTO proposes massive changes in tax policy/laws ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has proposed massive changes in tax policy/laws through Finance Bill 2024... Updated 02 Jun, 2024 12:21pm
Opinion Budget & tax policy ‘The impact of economic growth on the lives of people is partly a matter of income distribution, but it also depends... Updated 31 May, 2024 07:29am
Print Govt, World Bank working on new CPF programme ISLAMABAD: World Bank (WB) and Government of Pakistan (GoP) are reportedly working on a new Country Partnership... Updated 23 May, 2024 08:46am
Pakistan Health activists support IMF’s tax policy recommendations on revamping tobacco taxation ISLAMABAD: Health activists Friday strongly supported International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) tax policy... Published 23 Mar, 2024 05:41am