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
Print Section 122 (2) of ITO: ATIR reconciles apparently conflicting provisions ISLAMABAD: In a landmark judgement, Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue, Islamabad has reconciled the apparently... Updated 16 Sep, 2024 09:01am
Opinion All eyes on IMF’s $7bn EFF The grant of subsidies and tax incentives by the government are two measures that never escape a reprimand by the... Updated 14 Sep, 2024 07:58am
Print Inflation dip testament to prudent handling of economy: Aurangzeb KARACHI: Federal Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb Friday said that significant measures were being... Updated 14 Sep, 2024 02:34pm
Business & Finance Explaining alternative dispute resolution (ADR) General, 1. Dispute resolution is a preferred vehicle to settle cases where questions of facts or a composite... Published 13 Sep, 2024 07:08am
Print Talks with IMF going well, PM tells Cabinet ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has assured his Cabinet colleagues that recent negotiations with the... Updated 13 Sep, 2024 09:26am
Print Faulty returns: FBR proposes harsh enforcement steps ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has proposed harsh enforcement measures against the existing filers of... Updated 13 Sep, 2024 09:14am
Business & Finance CIR empowered to condone time-limits ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has empowered Commissioner-Inland Revenue (IR) to condone time-limits... Published 13 Sep, 2024 06:13am
Editorials IMF: New Programme could be last Programme EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb speaking during the Senate session on Monday stated that if... Published 11 Sep, 2024 06:31am
Business & Finance ‘Revenue drop is due to economic slowdown, less imports’ KARACHI: Chairman of the FPCCI Advisory Board and National Business Group Pakistan and the President of Pakistan... Published 11 Sep, 2024 06:31am
Opinion FBR revenue targets for 2024-25 The first two months of 2024-25 have already revealed serious problems with the overall and individual revenue... Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:32am
Print New IMF programme going to be the last one if reforms put in place: Aurangzeb ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has said the new International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme would be... Updated 10 Sep, 2024 08:50am
Opinion An intriguing televised address Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, in a televised address to the nation this Tuesday past claimed that the... Updated 09 Sep, 2024 07:59am
Print Refund cannot be blocked for pendency of tax reference: IHC ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has rejected an order passed by the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) and ruled... Updated 09 Sep, 2024 09:31am
Print BMP assails increase in power tariffs LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP) has condemned the... Updated 09 Sep, 2024 09:04am
Editorials Tax revenue conundrum EDITORIAL: As expected, the FBR (Federal Board of Revenue) is falling short of ambitious revenues targets in an... Updated 09 Sep, 2024 07:47am
Perspectives Mini budget in offing?: increase tax collection by respecting taxpayers With each passing month, the government’s target to collect Rs12.97 trillion as Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR)... Updated 07 Sep, 2024 02:26pm
Print FBR amends Income Tax Rules: SOEs bound to approach ADRCs ISLAMABAD: The state-owned enterprises have been bound to approach the alternate dispute resolution committees... Updated 07 Sep, 2024 03:07pm
Editorials How much borrowing is envisaged from where? EDITORIAL: On 21 August 2024 Finance Minister Aurangzeb in a text message to a foreign news agency said “we are... Published 07 Sep, 2024 06:59am
Opinion Challenges before FBR’s new chairman FBR (Federal Board of Revenue) has failed to meet original tax targets for the last six fiscal years, three of the... Published 06 Sep, 2024 07:23am
Opinion What sustainable macroeconomic stability? The fall in inflation (to be precise CPI inflation) to single-digit in August –stood at 9.6 percent – meant that... Updated 06 Sep, 2024 07:36am
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 FBR amends Federal Excise Rules, 2005 ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Thursday notified the Computerized Payment Receipt (CPR-FE) for... Updated 06 Sep, 2024 09:23am
Print Fixed tax: Traders ready to pay Rs5,000 per month Sources say traders' demand seems to be unrealistic and impractical to reduce the amount from Rs60,000 per month to Rs5,000 per month, but the FBR will find some way to resolve the issue Updated 05 Sep, 2024 02:11pm
Business & Finance Recovery of taxes: AGP unearths Rs737.868bn irregularities ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has unearthed financial and procedural irregularities to the tune ... Published 05 Sep, 2024 06:19am
Business & Finance FPCCI says against any further increase in taxes KARACHI: Atif Ikram Sheikh, President FPCCI, has unequivocally stated that FPCCI vociferously opposed any further... Published 04 Sep, 2024 08:18am
Business & Finance FBR digitalization: PM sets up 10-member task force KARACHI: In a move to modernize the country’s tax system, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has formed a task force... Published 04 Sep, 2024 07:50am
Opinion Tax burdens and fiscal discipline After an inflation-ridden Fiscal Year 2023-24 (“FY24”), wherein the average inflation for the FY24 was 23.4%,... Published 04 Sep, 2024 07:06am
Print Advance tax: FBR asks traders to give alternative solution to valuation table ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Tuesday, asked traders to give alternative solution to the valuation... Updated 04 Sep, 2024 09:12am
Print Targeted subsidies: IMF has no objections over implementation, Aurangzeb claims ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb claimed on Tuesday that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has no... Updated 04 Sep, 2024 12:14pm