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FBR’s tax collection hits Rs7tr, says Dar

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has collected Rs7 trillion in tax revenue till June 26, said Finance Minister...

Updated 27 Jun, 2023 05:40pm

Markets

Pakistan will look to impose Rs215bn additional taxes after IMF talks: Dar

Finance minister says 'we have ensured impact of these taxes will not be passed to downtrodden' in address to wind up Federal Budget 2023-24 debate in National Assembly

Updated 25 Jun, 2023 09:00pm

Business & Finance

FBR introduces new tax return form for SMEs

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has introduced a new income tax return form for the Small and Medium...

Published 22 Jun, 2023 05:45am

Business & Finance

Sales tax evasion worth billions of rupees detected

ISLAMABAD: The Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation (Inland Revenue) Lahore has detected sales tax ...

Published 22 Jun, 2023 05:45am

Business & Finance

Collection of duties & taxes: FBR field formations to observe extended working hours

ISLAMABAD: All field formations of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will remain open on June 24 (Saturday) and ...

Published 21 Jun, 2023 05:21am

Business & Finance

Point of sale: FBR directed to issue instructions to field formations

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to issue instructions to...

Published 09 Jun, 2023 06:20am

Business & Finance

Sindh Revenue Board collects Rs18bn in May, up 28.2% YoY

During the first 11 months (July-May), SRB collected Rs161.3 billion

Published 01 Jun, 2023 03:05pm

Business & Finance

FTO proposes FBR to abolish Section 8B of Sales Tax Act

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has proposed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to abolish section 8B of...

Published 01 Jun, 2023 03:34am

Markets

Market says likelihood of tax on companies’ reserves getting green signal ‘low’

Market experts on Wednesday said the likelihood of the government imposing a tax on undistributed profits – reserves...

Published 31 May, 2023 06:31pm

Business & Finance

How deduction for bad debt can be allowed?

LAHORE: No taxpayer can seek a deduction for a debt as bad debt unless it is treated in the books and accounts as ...

Published 31 May, 2023 03:56am

Pakistan

Pakistan will not default, reiterates Ishaq Dar

Finance minister says Pakistan will escape current difficult economic circumstances

Published 24 May, 2023 06:00pm

Business & Finance

Pharma sector: FBR likely to come up with tax relief measures

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is working on tax relief measures for the pharmaceutical sector to be...

Published 23 May, 2023 06:14am

Business & Finance

Field formations can’t deny benefit of exemption to entitled taxpayers

LAHORE: Field formations of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) cannot deny the benefit of an exemption if the...

Published 23 May, 2023 06:14am

Business & Finance

Small tax base, high non-compliance incidence causing massive tax evasion

LAHORE: A relatively small tax base and high levels of non-compliance has resulted in massive tax evasion in ...

Published 14 May, 2023 03:24am

Business & Finance

FY24: PBC urges govt to set ‘realistic’ tax target for FBR

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has asked the government to set a realistic tax target for the Federal...

Published 12 May, 2023 05:59am

Editorials

Towards achieving revenue target

EDITORIAL: The Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) reportedly shared a detailed plan with Finance Minister Ishaq...

Published 28 Apr, 2023 06:08am

Business & Finance

Collection of govt duties, taxes: Banks to stay open on 29th & 30th

KARACHI: Bank branches and field offices of SBP Banking Services Corporation (SBP-BSC) will remain open on 29th and...

Published 27 Apr, 2023 06:24am

Business & Finance

Saturday, Sunday: FBR extends working hours

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has directed all Large Taxpayer Offices (LTOs), Medium Tax Offices...

Published 18 Apr, 2023 06:21am

Opinion

‘Resilience, helplessness or loss of trust?’

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed ‘Resilience, helplessness or loss of trust?’ carried by the newspaper...

Published 15 Apr, 2023 06:19am

Business & Finance

PHMA urges FBR to expedite disbursement of sales tax refunds

LAHORE: The Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers & Exporters Association (PHMA) on Saturday asked the Federal Board of...

Published 02 Apr, 2023 03:02am

Business & Finance

Single GST return system: FBR, provinces likely to discuss delay soon

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and provinces are expected to sit together during the current week to...

Published 14 Mar, 2023 03:18am

Business & Finance

Business community fears FBR harassment: survey

ISLAMABAD: Business community fears harassment by Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), according to the Taxpayers’...

Published 11 Mar, 2023 03:16am

Editorials

What’s behind lower revenue collection?

EDITORIAL: The shortfall in Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR’s) collection for the first eight months of the...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 03:46am

Jul-Feb: FBR collection shows Rs240bn shortfall

After the imposition of taxes of Rs 170 billion in the mini-budget, the new annual tax target of the FBR fixed at Rs7.64 trillion

Updated 05 Mar, 2023 01:42pm

Business & Finance

Releasing refunds is not wrong, says Shabbar Zaidi

Former FBR chief says they are handled by field officers

Published 04 Mar, 2023 07:32pm

Business & Finance

FBR imposes sales tax on import of printed materials

ISLAMABAD: The Customs Classification Committee of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has imposed sales tax on the...

Published 04 Mar, 2023 06:10am

Business & Finance

Well-known outlet sealed over failure to install PoS app

RAWALPINDI: The Regional Tax Office (RTO), Rawalpindi, on Thursday sealed a famous business outlet over failure to...

Published 03 Mar, 2023 06:12am

Business & Finance

‘Arbitrary’ notices irk beverage firms

LAHORE: Issuance of arbitrary tax notices to the beverage sector firms without referring disputed matters to the...

Published 02 Mar, 2023 06:23am

Business & Finance

FBR’s audit wings accused of violating law on attaching taxpayers’ bank accounts

LAHORE: The audit wings of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) are violating law related to attachment of bank...

Published 01 Mar, 2023 06:21am

Business & Finance

Vehicle importers: FTO tells FBR that MCCs must not show any discrimination

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to ensure that the Model...

Published 26 Feb, 2023 03:27am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Petrol/Litre / Dec 21	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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