Tax authority invites bids for digital system to monitor household electronics production and strengthen tax compliance
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AGP flags Rs490.58mn tax loss over POS system at retail outlets
Audit says FBR failed to disallow inadmissible input tax credit claimed by non-compliant Tier-I retailers
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FBR exempts bulletproof vehicle imports from sales tax
Finance Act 2026 also grants sales tax relief on specified maritime vessels and equipment to support shipping and logistics
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FTO orders CTO Karachi to restore bank account in sales tax refund case
Ombudsman rules recovery became unlawful after appellate authority set aside the original sales tax assessment
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FBR explains why it uses 24.5% corporate tax benchmark for tax expenditure estimates
Tax Expenditure Report 2026 says conservative benchmark avoids overstating the fiscal cost of corporate tax concessions.
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FBR explains why individual tax expenditure estimates cannot be added together
Tax Expenditure Report 2026 says separate estimates do not reflect the total revenue impact of removing all tax concessions.
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FBR explains new adjustment factors for sales tax exempt local supplies
New three-tier methodology accounts for embedded sales tax in supply chains to provide a more accurate estimate of tax expenditure.
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AGP flags Rs3.5 billion in unrecovered FBR penalties, default Surcharges
Audit says thousands of taxpayers escaped penalties for late sales tax returns and delayed tax payments
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) failed to impose and recover Rs3.54 billion in FBR penalties and default surcharges from thousands of taxpayers who either filed sales tax returns late or delayed payment of sales tax, according to the latest audit report of the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP).
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FBR to collect taxes first on auctioned goods
New Sales Tax Act provision mandates tax recovery before owners receive auction proceeds and allows electronic public auctions.
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FBR raises penalty for late filing of sales tax returns fivefold under Finance Act 2026
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has significantly enhanced penalties for taxpayers failing to file monthly sales tax returns within the prescribed due date, introducing stricter enforcement measures through the Finance Act, 2026.
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