FBR must stop leaning on crutches EDITORIAL: In a fresh indicator of the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR’s) utter inability to carry out its basic job... Published 17 May, 2024 05:50am
Business & Finance Comprehensive measures in progress to enhance tax net: FBR official PESHAWAR: Chief Commissioner (Inland Revenue) Regional Tax Office (RTO) Peshawar, Zafar Iqbal Khan has said that in... Published 05 Apr, 2024 04:50am
Print Beneficial owners of companies: PTBA urges FBR to extend deadline ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tax Bar Association (PTBA) has approached the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to extend date... Updated 30 Dec, 2023 10:12am
Print ‘Notices to deceased persons’: PTBA urges FBR to upgrade its system ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tax Bar Association of Pakistan (PTBA) has asked Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to upgrade its... Published 28 Dec, 2023 04:52am
Print Nod from IR Commissioner not needed: Tax returns can be revised within 60 days: FBR ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has clarified that the FBR system is allowing taxpayers to revise... Updated 08 Nov, 2023 10:04am
Business & Finance FBR confirms tax return filing deadline extended by 1 month The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Saturday said the date of date of filing income tax returns for Tax Year 2023... Published 30 Sep, 2023 11:54pm
Business & Finance FBR should provide 90 days for submission of tax returns: PTBA LAHORE: The Pakistan Tax Bar Association (PTBA) has demanded that the chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue ... Published 29 Sep, 2023 06:24am
Business & Finance KTBA complains about ‘problematic’ IRIS portal KARACHI: Taxpayers are still facing difficulties in complying with tax filing requirements due to persistent issues... Updated 07 Sep, 2023 06:46am
Business & Finance PTBA points out multiple errors & glitches in IRIS portal LAHORE: The Pakistan Tax Bar Association (PTBA) has pointed out multiple errors and glitches in the online filing of... Published 07 Sep, 2023 06:21am
Print PTBA asks FBR to take notice of sudden change in IRIS module LAHORE: Pakistan Tax Bar Association (PTBA) leadership has urged Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to look... Updated 04 Sep, 2023 09:37am
Print CCP analysis on SME sector: ‘Complex regulatory regime pushes up cost of doing business’ ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has declared that the complex regulatory regime has created... Updated 16 Jul, 2023 09:22am
Print Income tax: Govt likely to introduce e-assessment scheme ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to introduce an electronic-assessment scheme in the budget (2023-24) to conduct... Updated 28 May, 2023 09:58am
Business & Finance Tax officials accused of ignoring rules while charging WWF out of audit proceedings LAHORE: The tax authorities are accused of ignoring the condition of passing a written order while dealing with... Published 28 Apr, 2023 06:08am
Pakistan Records seized: SRB raids club for recovery of SST dues KARACHI: Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) has carried out a raid on a luxurious club located in a posh area of Karachi. The... Published 24 Mar, 2023 05:55am
Business & Finance SST amounts, returns: SRB extends deadlines KARACHI: Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) has extended the date of e-depositing the amounts of Sindh Sales Tax (SST) and... Published 15 Mar, 2023 07:07am
Business & Finance ‘Taxpayers’ Satisfaction Survey (2023)’ 53pc of businesspeople file tax returns without any help ISLAMABAD: Around 53 percent of business community has filed their annual income tax returns without any help from... Updated 11 Mar, 2023 08:52am
Business & Finance SHC dismisses petitions challenging tax on foreign assets ISLAMABAD: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has dismissed the petitions challenging the levy of tax on foreign assets of a... Updated 01 Jan, 2023 10:09am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: A case of assets beyond means? “So now what?” “So now shut up about Dar sahib’s case of assets beyond means.” “I thought he said... Published 16 Nov, 2022 05:50am
Business & Finance FBR urges LCCI members to submit tax returns on time LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue has urged the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) to ask its members... Published 12 Nov, 2022 05:55am
Print Senate body members accuse FBR of harassing people ISLAMABAD: Members of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance have accused the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) of... Updated 12 Nov, 2022 09:35am
Business & Finance Tax returns: KCCI seeks extension in last date KARACHI: The president of Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Mohammed Tariq Yousuf has requested the... Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am
Pakistan Non-compliance allegation: SRB seals restaurant over sales tax returns KARACHI: Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) on Friday sealed a restaurant located in the posh area of Clifton, Karachi,... Published 14 May, 2022 04:05am
Business & Finance KTBA takes strong exception to FBR’s show-cause notices KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has started issuing notices, asking the taxpayers to show why the tax... Published 26 Apr, 2022 05:20am
Opinion State gifts, tax evasion and rule of law “Qui sentit commodum, sentire debet et onus” This famous legal maxim states that those who receive an advantage must... Published 22 Apr, 2022 05:36am
Editorials Broadening the tax base EDITORIAL: It seems the time when the magic of data and technology would combine to expand the country’s tax base... Updated 26 Mar, 2022 10:44am
Pakistan Process of e-filing tax returns: Befiler wins grant from Karandaaz to encourage women ISLAMABAD: Befiler has won a grant for a digital experiment from Karandaaz Pakistan to encourage electronic return... Published 30 Nov, 2021 05:23am
Print FBR receives record 2.6m tax returns with Rs48.6bn deposits ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has received a staggering number of 2.6 million returns and collected... Updated 16 Oct, 2021 09:35am
Business & Finance Tax Year 2021: FBR receives record number of 2.163m tax returns so far ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has received record number of 2.163 million income tax returns for the... Published 12 Oct, 2021 04:44am
Pakistan Deadline to file tax returns extended till October 15 FBR's Iris portal had earlier faced hours-long non-functionality Updated 30 Sep, 2021 10:12pm
Print Tax returns: Computation formulae to be corrected without delay: FBR ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has assured the tax lawyers/advisers that the tax computation formulas... Updated 28 Sep, 2021 10:32am