Taxation

Ishrat Hussein says selection should be based on contribution rather than aristocracy

Tax authorities have proposed amendments to Incom Tax Rules 2002

Tells commerce adviser to facilitate in expo centre construction

Directs FBR chairman to hold meeting with businessmen to resolve issues

Decision made to curb money laundering and terror financing in line with FATF action plan

Businessmen with an annual turnover of Rs100m will have to pay 0.5% instead of 1.5% tax

Traders, retailers under tier-1 may face fines for not registering with FBR's system

Punjab Secretary Excise and Taxation Kundi ordered to speed up operations against defaulters for recovery of Rs1. 25bn

Advisor to PM on Finance grills officials over slow pace of revenue collection

Corrupt customs officials assisted fraudsters in evading duties worth billions of rupees

Seeks response over non-disclosure of asset declaration despite submission of tax challans

Debt servicing alone is projected to cost Rs3.2 trillion for the ongoing fiscal year

Has also decided to introduce new ratio, tax evaluating software across the province

Directs field formations to ascertain causes behind poor WHT receipts

19 RTOs, corporate RTOs and four large taxpayer units have been given instructions

Misses first-half tax collection target due to low economic activity

Move will encourage investment in long-term debt securities

IMF’s bailout programme, delayed licence fee payments by telecom operators among others provide relief

Committee formed to discuss issue which will give boost to construction sector

Tells businessmen to bring refund complaints to ombudsman office

May impose additional taxes of around Rs150b to achieve collection target

Balochistan govt intending to digitalise the transport sector

Sees budget deficit soaring to 7.6%, introduces major changes in loan conditions

Pakistan says UAE not sharing wealth details of Pakistanis holding residence visa of Dubai

The aim is to provide funding for airport infrastructure development projects and to enhance airport services

Share of income tax in total tax collection reduced to slightly over Rs2trn while sales tax and fed excise duty go up

Toll tax increase by 10 per cent for motorists travelling between Islamabad and Lahore

FBR advises showbiz personalities to benefit from amnesty scheme

Local traders say investors are shying away

Revenue collector found that hardly 10% of over 50m bank account holders were tax filers

Tax avoidance is just as problematic as corruption

Envoy stresses need for boosting bilateral linkages

No government since Independence has successfully addressed the complex issue of taxation in Pakistan

Sindh Abadgar Ittehad lauds CJP’s initiative for dams

No other government has ever done anything beyond bungle, fumble and fail with taxation

Citizen submits a complaint in which he states that an employee of excise and taxation

Campaign against unregistered vehicles and defaulters of token tax launched

Dr Zafar said there is need to create awareness among the masses about the importance of tax for national development

No government has been able to bite the bullet and tax the rich at the top end of those tax-liable

The latest cunning stunt to squeeze taxation out of the people of Pakistan is to use the national identity database

Companies will pay taxes for producing noise, air and water pollutants as well as solid waste

Ben Wallace accused the tech giants of putting private profit before public safety

The officials also removed 290 illegal number plates from vehicles

Taxpayers will bring new computer-generated challan forms issued by the department

Department legally bound to conduct property survey every five years

From a moral and ethical standpoint, inequality is an issue of concern for almost everyone on the political spectrum

The Indian PM, Narendra Modi, has said perhaps slightly naively that GST is ‘a good and simple tax’

International Monetary Fund has asked Pakistan to impose Rs180 billion worth of new taxes

This could be the fourth tax amnesty scheme over the last three years by the PML-N government

Taxation is the obvious area of necessary reform and it is not happening