Tax Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025: Ill-advised, confiscatory & undemocratic The President of Pakistan issued Tax Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, published in The Gazette of Pakistan on May ... Updated 09 May, 2025 07:59am
Business & Finance FBR operationalises Section 175C of ITO ISLAMABAD: In a significant move to broaden the tax base and address long-standing inequities in Pakistan’s tax... Published 04 May, 2025 06:11am
Business & Finance LCCI chief criticizes amendments to Income Tax Ord, Federal Excise Act LAHORE: President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI), Mian Abuzar Shad, has termed the recent... Published 04 May, 2025 05:49am
Print ITO provisions and Section 4B: SC urged to harmonise definition of ‘income’ ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was asked to harmonise the definition of income given in various provisions of Income... Updated 30 Apr, 2025 09:13am
Print SC CB asks whether super tax is a ‘tax’ or ‘fee’ ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Judge Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar has said that if the apex court concludes that the levy... Updated 16 Apr, 2025 08:55am
Print Clause 105A of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001: ATIR Islamabad declares audit selection process illegal ISLAMABAD: Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR) Islamabad has declared the audit selection process undertaken by... Updated 14 Apr, 2025 09:23am
Print SC to take up pleas against Super Tax tomorrow ISLAMABAD: The constitutional bench of the Supreme Court will take up petitions against Sections 4B and 4C of the... Updated 06 Apr, 2025 11:28am
Opinion ‘Unconstitutional’ windfall tax–I Banks have regular windfall income from dealing in foreign currencies – oxymoronic treatment by SRO. 1588(I)/2023... Published 28 Mar, 2025 06:15am
Print Teachers: federal cabinet restores 25pc income tax rebate ISLAMABAD: Following intervention of the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO), the Federal Cabinet has restored 25 percent... Updated 28 Mar, 2025 02:10pm
Print Shopkeepers/traders: FBR mulling another registration scheme ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is seriously considering launching another registration scheme for... Updated 24 Mar, 2025 03:45pm
Print Constitution bars double taxation implicitly, lawyer tells apex court ISLAMABAD: Makhdoom Ali Khan submitted that various judgments of the Supreme Court have restricted the word “fee”... Updated 15 Mar, 2025 09:44am
Print Word ‘tax’ in ITO, Article 260: SC judge seeks accurate definition ISLAMABAD: Justice Aminuddin Khan questioned whether the definition of “tax” in clause 63 of Section 2 of Income Tax... Updated 14 Mar, 2025 08:41am
Print Sections 4B and 4C of Income Tax law: IHC, LHC ordered to transfer pending ICAs to SC ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) and the Lahore High Court (LHC) were ordered to transfer pending... Updated 13 Mar, 2025 08:44am
Print Pleas against ITO Sections: CB of SC dissolved after recusal of Justice Farooq ISLAMABAD: The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court, constituted for hearing of petitions against Sections 4B... Updated 11 Mar, 2025 09:24am
Pakistan Sections 4B & 4C of Income Tax law: SC will hear petitions from tomorrow ISLAMABAD: A five-judge of constitutional bench of Supreme Court will hear petitions regarding Section 4B and 4C of... Published 09 Mar, 2025 05:17am
Print Rs265.745bn WHT paid in H1FY25: Salaried individuals emerge major contributor to kitty ISLAMABAD: The salaried class became a major contributor to withholding tax payment during the first six months of... Updated 02 Mar, 2025 09:35am
Business & Finance Windfall tax: FBR recovers Rs 23bn from 16 banks ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has recovered Rs 23 billion from 16 banks on account of windfall tax... Published 24 Feb, 2025 06:23am
Markets Windfall tax: govt collected Rs23bn from 16 banks in a single day, says Finance Division Pakistan government collected a total of Rs23 billion in windfall tax from 16 banks in a single day, a statement... Updated 23 Feb, 2025 10:49pm
Print SHC dismisses pleas challenging sections relating to windfall tax ISLAMABAD: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has dismissed the petitions challenging the levy of Section 99D of the Income... Updated 21 Feb, 2025 09:31am
Print ATIR assessment framework: FBR directs IR officers to adhere to procedure ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has directed all Inland Revenue assessing officers to follow the... Updated 21 Feb, 2025 09:33am
Print Tax authorities: Structured procedural framework drafted ISLAMABAD: The Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR) Islamabad Bench-I has drafted a structured procedural... Updated 13 Feb, 2025 09:28am
Print Housing sector: task force finalises recommendations ISLAMABAD: Task Force for development of housing sector has recommended abolition of section 7E of the Income Tax... Updated 03 Feb, 2025 03:07pm
Print Agriculture income: LHC disposes of plea challenging assessment LAHORE: The Lahore High Court disposed of a petition filed by Mian Ilyas Meraj challenging the assessment of... Updated 30 Jan, 2025 08:45am
Print Salaried individuals: FBR issues ‘frivolous’ tax recovery notices ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue’s field formations have issued frivolous tax recovery notices to the... Updated 30 Jan, 2025 06:06pm
Business & Finance Sections 177 and 214C of Income Tax law: Structured procedure for audits by IR explained ISLAMABAD: The Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR) has explained a structured procedure for conducting audits ... Updated 24 Jan, 2025 08:03am
Opinion Rental income from immovable properties situated outside Pakistan The undesired event: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) through a letter dated October 31, 2022 has clarified that... Published 14 Jan, 2025 03:12am
Business & Finance FBR decides to activate ICTE ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to activate the International Centre of Tax Excellence... Published 14 Jan, 2025 03:12am
Print Unrecognised educational institutions: FTO to file report to president on tax affairs ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) will file a comprehensive report to President of Pakistan on a reference... Updated 06 Jan, 2025 03:17pm
Print Coercive interpretation of fiscal laws: IHC slaps heavy penalties on FBR officers ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) in a major decision has set a precedent by imposing significant costs on... Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:53am
Business & Finance Tax violations: Crackdown against marriage halls launched KARACHI: Regional Tax Office-I (RTO-I) has launched crackdown against marriage halls in Karachi for alleged tax... Published 28 Dec, 2024 05:59am
Operation ‘Bunyan ul Marsoos’: Pakistan destroys Udhampur airbase, Pathankot airfield in India, state media reports