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Low Tax-to-GDP Ratio: Pakistan’s tax-to-GDP ratio remains lower than the global average. In recent years, the ratio has been approximately 9.5%, far below that of neighboring countries like India (16%) and Bangladesh (12%). This indicates inefficiencies in tax collection and necessitates systemic reforms.
In Pakistan, banking companies are required to deduct an advance adjustable tax at a rate of 0.6% on cash withdrawals exceeding fifty thousand rupees per day. This tax applies to individuals whose names are not listed as active taxpayers. The total amount withdrawn in a single day is considered for determining whether the threshold has been met.
The IRS has been a prominent subject of deliberations between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF has put forth several tax reform recommendations to the Pakistani government. These recommendations encompassed the removal of sales tax exemptions on fertilizers, pesticides, and tractors, the maintenance of general sales ...
Discontinued carry forward for minimum tax. Interest income from government securities now taxed at the standard rate instead of 15%. Reduced tax rate on income from Bahbood certificates from 10% to 5%. Tax credit on income from software and IT exports withdrawn, with a 0.25% tax on export proceeds of these services.
An income tax is a tax imposed on individuals or entities (taxpayers) in respect of the income or profits earned by them (commonly called taxable income). Income tax generally is computed as the product of a tax rate times the taxable income. Taxation rates may vary by type or characteristics of the taxpayer and the type of income.
The National Finance Commission Award or NFC is a series of planned economic programs in Pakistan enacted since 1951. [1] Constituted under the Article 160 of the Constitution, the program was emerged to take control of financial imbalances and equally managed the financial resources to four provinces to meet their expenditure liabilities while alleviating the horizontal fiscal imbalances. [2]
The tax rates were set at 5%, 2.5%, and 0% for ADRs up to 40%, between 40–50%, and above 50%, respectively, in addition to a corporate tax rate of 39%. [ 3 ] The Finance Act of 2022 revised these rates, introducing higher additional taxes of 20%, 14%, and 0% for the same ADR categories while maintaining the corporate tax rate at 35%. [ 3 ]
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) (Urdu: وفاقی بورڈ محصولات), formerly known as Central Board of Revenue (CBR), is a federal law enforcement agency of Pakistan that investigates tax crimes, suspicious accumulation of wealth, money-laundering make regulation of collection of tax. FBR operates through Inspectors-IR that keep tax ...