GST

CAP urges govt to maintain 15% GST rate, support digitalisation to stabilise industry

Promises Rs4.1tr revenue boost in 3 years by lowering tax rates, removing exemptions

Urges govt to restore 12% GST, revive POS prize scheme, simplify tax registration

Predicts 14.5% rate for May amid IMF’s proposal to impose 18% sales tax

Flat tax plan will dramatically change taxation structure by aligning incentives

There is also a proposal to gradually increase excise duty on luxury items produced in Pakistan

Urge govt to control rupee free fall instead, declare economic emergency

Industry had demanded exemption from 10% GST, sought zero rating

Considers reducing tax on low-cost cigarettes, increasing levy on expensive brands

Considers further reducing general sales tax of 3% to either 2% or 1%

Seeks to protect revenues amid sliding oil prices in global market

FBR announces zero sales tax on proceeds worth Rs50m

Is working on proposal to make amendment through finance bill

FBR accepts demand of halving withholding tax rates; cuts minimum income tax rate for traders

FBR admits system is malfunctioning and has been shut for past 20 days

Decision put off due to lack of progress on some agreed prior conditions

Fertiliser industry says GST refund on urea has reached Rs21.18b

App will notify consumers about tax receipt through a simple message

Survey identifies over 20,000 new potential taxpayers

The government introduced a new goods and service tax in India's biggest-ever fiscal reform

Members of the BJP government send their wishes to the newborn

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

The amount is being raised to return taxpayers’ refunds

Money matters: LHC seeks reply on GST raise

GST will replace a patchwork of central and state levies on goods and services

In budget for 2016-17, federal government proposed some fiscal measures that touched a raw nerve in the provinces

Prime minister, Tax Reforms Commission want new tax regime that increases revenue, plugs leakages