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Tax Lawyers Ask FBR to Extend Return Deadline
The Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) has urged the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to extend the income tax return filing deadline, saying taxpayers need…
NA IT Committee Confronts FBR & PTA Over Mobile Phone Tax Installment Plans
The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunications recently discussed the delayed mobile phone tax installment plans. The NA IT Committee meeting…
FBR Mandates 5% Tax on Social Media Influencers & Content Creators
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is officially taxing digital income. Consequently, the FBR will enforce a 5% Withholding Tax on all revenue generated from…
FBR Redraws Enforcement Map to Crack Down on Illicit Money Flows
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has overhauled how it monitors non-financial businesses and professions for money laundering and terrorism financing risks, amending its 2020…
FBR Sets Deadlines to Clear Backlog of Deferred Sales Tax Refunds
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has introduced stage-wise timelines for processing deferred sales tax refund claims under the FASTER system, directing field formations to…
FBR Amends 2026 Income Tax Return Form Again
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has once again amended the income tax return form for Tax Year 2026, introducing changes just weeks before the…
20 FBR-Supplied Computers Disappear from Karachi Customs House
Twenty brand-new computers allotted to Customs Appraisement East have gone missing from the Customs House Karachi store room, prompting a formal inquiry referred to the…
FBR Sets Rs. 1 Million Fine for Tax System Violation
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has introduced a Rs. 1 million penalty for the first violation involving the failure to install or use the…
Good News for Taxpayers: FBR Rolls Out Complaint Portal
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is setting up a new online complaint portal to give taxpayers a direct channel for resolving issues with the…
Senate Demands Immediate Tax Cuts on Imported Mobile Phones as 40M Crypto Accounts Surface
Today, the Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat raised serious alarms over Pakistan’s digital taxation policies. Chaired by Senator Rana Mahmood-ul-Hassan, the panel demanded an…
PM Orders Third-Party Audit of FBR Reforms to Boost Tax Collection
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to conduct a third-party audit of the ongoing tax reforms, saying the measures…
FBR Sets Three-Day Deadline for Low-Risk Sales Tax Registrations
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has introduced a risk-based system to speed up sales tax registration for businesses, with low-risk applicants to be processed…
FBR to Automatically Track Bank Transactions Above Rs. 1 Crore
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has made it mandatory for banks and electronic money institutions to report financial transactions exceeding Rs. 10 million, or…
