Section 4B of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001: Spent more than collection for TDPs rehabilitation: AAG ISLAMABAD: The Additional Attorney General for Pakistan (AAG) informed that the federation has spent more than what... Updated a day ago
Print If a case is subjudice proviso of Sec 174 (1) of ITO will kick in: SC ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court noted that if a case is subjudice before a legal forum then it is enough for proviso of... Published 3 days ago
Print Automated income tax refund system: FBR has failed to enforce IHC’s directive ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court’s landmark judgment for effective enforcement of an automated income tax refund... Updated 12 May, 2025 02:53pm
Print Eight appeals: President rejects CTO Islamabad’s stance ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has rejected the stance of Corporate Tax Office (CTO) Islamabad in eight... Updated 28 Apr, 2025 09:01am
Print SC CB asks whether super tax is a ‘tax’ or ‘fee’ ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Judge Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar has said that if the apex court concludes that the levy... Updated 16 Apr, 2025 08:55am
Print SC to take up pleas against Super Tax tomorrow ISLAMABAD: The constitutional bench of the Supreme Court will take up petitions against Sections 4B and 4C of the... Updated 06 Apr, 2025 11:28am
Opinion ‘Unconstitutional’ windfall tax—II Discriminatory without intelligible differentia [Points 7 & 8] The Supreme Court of Pakistan in Federation of... Published 30 Mar, 2025 06:17am
Print Tax on banks’ income: PM’s economic reforms boost exchequer by Rs34.5bn ISLAMABAD: The vacation of stay order by the Lahore High Court regarding tax on windfall income of banks resulted in... Updated 23 Mar, 2025 10:20pm
Print SHC could initiate proceedings against CTO IR chief ISLAMABAD: Sindh High Court (SHC) will initiate proceedings against Chief Commissioner Corporate Tax Office (CTO),... Published 20 Mar, 2025 05:30am
Print Automated income tax refund system: FBR fails to implement IHC judgement ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court’s landmark judgment for effective enforcement of an automated income tax refund... Updated 17 Mar, 2025 08:48am
Print Constitution bars double taxation implicitly, lawyer tells apex court ISLAMABAD: Makhdoom Ali Khan submitted that various judgments of the Supreme Court have restricted the word “fee”... Updated 15 Mar, 2025 09:44am
Opinion Justice denied to justice buried The Supreme Court of Pakistan during the last many days has dismissed a large number of leaves to appeal, mainly... Published 14 Mar, 2025 06:20am
Print Sections 4B and 4C of Income Tax law: IHC, LHC ordered to transfer pending ICAs to SC ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) and the Lahore High Court (LHC) were ordered to transfer pending... Updated 13 Mar, 2025 08:44am
Print Commissioner (Appeals): ATIR reprimands FBR officials for challenging competence ISLAMABAD: Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR) in a landmark judgment has reprimanded Federal Board of Revenue... Updated 10 Mar, 2025 08:41am
Print LHC takes exception to FBR’s court fee waiver ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has shown extreme displeasure over the fact that the Federal Board of Revenue... Updated 09 Mar, 2025 09:28am
Print Aurangzeb says will urge CJP to fast-track tax cases Decisions on tax cases should come soon, so that there are no problems, adds the finance minister Updated 04 Feb, 2025 02:29pm
Business & Finance PTBA proposes forming body to evaluate pending tax cases KARACHI: Pakistan Tax Bar Association (PTBA) has proposed establishing a specialized steering committee to evaluate... Published 22 Jan, 2025 07:11am
Print Separate benches formed for early disposal of tax cases: CJP ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi stated that separate benches have been constituted for hearing and... Updated 14 Jan, 2025 08:47am
Print IR panel: No tax cases assigned to 535 lawyers by FBR in 2024 ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has not assigned any tax-related case to 535 advocates/lawyers (Inland... Updated 08 Jan, 2025 09:12am
Print FBR tracks tax officials facing NAB proceedings ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is compiling details of tax officials against whom National... Updated 08 Jan, 2025 09:09am
Editorials The case for dedicated tax benches EDITORIAL: The Chief Justice of Pakistan’s proposal to establish dedicated benches for tax-related cases is a... Updated 03 Dec, 2024 06:43am
Print Tax-related cases: CJP wants dedicated benches for speedy justice ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Yahya Afridi wants dedicated benches for expeditious disposal of tax-related cases.... Updated 29 Nov, 2024 04:00pm
Print FBR shares 46 sets of third-party data with IR field offices ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has shared 46 sets of third-party data with Inland Revenue (IR) field... Updated 28 Nov, 2024 02:38pm
Business & Finance PTBA urges CJP to help resolve high-profile pending tax matters KARACHI: The Pakistan Tax Bar Association (PTBA) has formally approached the newly appointed Chief Justice of... Published 17 Nov, 2024 05:51am
Business & Finance Appeal system becomes dysfunctional: Uncertainty surrounds Rs2.7trn tax litigations: PTBA KARACHI: The country’s tax appeal system has fallen into “dysfunction” phase six months after major reforms were... Updated 15 Nov, 2024 09:23am
Business & Finance Tribunal upholds tax authority’s right to correct erroneous assessment LAHORE: A tax tribunal has upheld the tax authority’s right to correct erroneous assessment orders even if the... Published 13 Nov, 2024 08:20am
Editorials Alternate dispute resolution committees EDITORIAL: The Sindh High Court’s (SHC’s) directive to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to withdraw all... Published 13 Oct, 2024 06:46am
Print Sales tax condonation for time limit: FBR issues ‘checklist’ for taxpayers ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued a “checklist” for processing of condonation cases of... Updated 19 Sep, 2024 08:51am
Print Section 122 (2) of ITO: ATIR reconciles apparently conflicting provisions ISLAMABAD: In a landmark judgement, Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue, Islamabad has reconciled the apparently... Updated 16 Sep, 2024 03:12pm
Business & Finance Explaining alternative dispute resolution (ADR) General, 1. Dispute resolution is a preferred vehicle to settle cases where questions of facts or a composite... Published 13 Sep, 2024 07:08am