ISLAMABAD: The share of sales tax has increased to 43.7 per cent in total federal tax collection during first half (July – December) of current fiscal year (1HFY22) as compared with 41.6 per cent in the same half of the last fiscal year.
According to biannual report issued by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for the period July – December 2021/2022, showed that the share of direct taxes, which includes income tax, fell to 35 per cent during the half year under review as compared with 37.5 per cent in the same half of the last fiscal year.
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The share of customs duty collection improved to 16.3 per cent during the first half of the current fiscal year as compared with 15.2 per cent in same half of the last fiscal year.
Meanwhile, the contribution of federal excised duty collection declined to 5 per cent during July – December 2021/2022 as compared with 5.8 per cent in the same period of the last fiscal year.
The total tax collection of the FBR during first half of the current fiscal year recorded 32.5 per cent growth to Rs2.92 trillion as compared with Rs2.2 trillion in the same half of the last fiscal year.
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The collection of sales tax recorded an increase of 39.1 per cent to Rs1.275 trillion during the half year under review as compared with Rs917 billion in the corresponding half of the last year.
The direct tax collection posted 23.6 per cent growth to Rs1.02 trillion during the first half of the current fiscal year as compared with Rs826 billion in the same half of the last fiscal year.
The collection of customs duty posted 43 per cent growth to Rs477 billion during the half year under review as compared with Rs334 billion in the same half of the last fiscal year.
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Likewise, the federal excise duty collection posted 15.3 per cent growth to Rs146.3 billion during July – December 2021/2022 as compared with Rs127 billion in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
The FBR issued refunds and rebates to the tune of Rs148.53 billion during the first half of the current fiscal year as compared with Rs111.3 billion in the same half of the last fiscal year.
The issuance of sales tax refunds grew by 26 per cent to Rs123.5 billion during the period under review as compared with Rs98 billion in the same period of the last fiscal year.
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However, the issuance of income tax refunds fell drastically by 29 per cent to Rs5.14 billion during the first half of the current fiscal year as compared with Rs7.28 billion in the same half of the last fiscal year.
