Pakistan is likely to increase sales tax rate to 18 per cent in the federal budget 2022-2023, which is scheduled on June 10, 2022. The existing normal sales tax rate is 17 per cent. According to Budget Preview 2022/2023 issued on Thursday, analysts at Arif Habib Limited said the government is considering to raise an […]
KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has assured business community of taking favorable measures related to CNIC requirement will be taken in the budget 2022-2023. A high-level delegation of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) led by Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG) Zubair Motiwala held meetings with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Federal Minister for […]
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Tuesday strongly rejected the reports attributing him regarding increase in petroleum prices in Pakistan. “In the pre-budget seminar I never even spoke about petroleum prices. Channels running these tickers are doing a disservice to their viewers. There will be no increase in prices today (June 7, 2022) and there […]
KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has said that tax rates for compliance by corporate entities is much higher than the persons out of the tax net. The PSX in its proposals for budget 2022/2023 submitted to Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), said corporate business profits are taxed twice. Once at company level at 29 per […]
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has been suggested to reduce income tax rates for private equity funds in the upcoming budget 2022/2023. Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in its proposals for budget 2022/2023, stated that Revamped regulations in 2015 introduced different types of Private Funds by replacing Private Equity and Venture Capital (PE&VC) Regulations. […]
KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has proposed tax exemption on transactions of immovable properties to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) in order to promote documentation. The PSX in its proposals for budget 2022/2023 submitted to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), said REITS are an ideal instrument to document and help develop the real estate […]
KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has urged the tax authorities to allow tax credit to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to encourage listed on the stock exchange. The PSX in its proposals for budget 2022/2023 submitted to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), said SMEs contribute immensely to Pakistan’s employment, export and GDP growth, and […]
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has been urged to eliminate minimum tax regime for listed companies in order to encourage documentation of economy. The PSX in its proposals for budget 2022/2023, submitted to the FBR stated that through the concept of minimum tax is prevalent in a few other countries, however, in other […]
KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has proposed rationalizing tax rates for listed companies through incentives and credits, in order to encourage documentation of economy. The PSX in its proposals for budget 2022/2023 submitted to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) said that it is generally observed that when companies opt for a listing on a […]
KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has suggested the tax authorities to introduce grandfather provisions for tax treatment of listed companies. In its proposals for budget 2022/2023 submitted to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), the stock exchange recommended grandfather provision for tax treatment of companies, which list on the PSX. READ MORE: PSX proposes launch […]