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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.
The Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control Department is a department of Government of Punjab, Pakistan. The Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control Department collects various taxes and duties and suggests ways and means for additional resource mobilization in the Province. [1] [2] Various type of taxes department collects include: [3] Motor ...
The term is often used to describe a tax on certain items purchased abroad. [1] A duty is levied on specific commodities, financial transactions, estates, etc. rather than being a direct imposition on individuals or corporations such income or property taxes. Examples include customs duty, excise duty, stamp duty, estate duty, and gift duty.
Pakistan’s Federal taxation was originally organised along the lines of Indirect & Direct taxes, resulting in two occupational groups viz. Customs & Excise Group, and Income Tax Group. However, in 2010 the groups were reorganised along the lines of Domestic Duty & Taxes and International Duties & Taxes, which resulted in formation of Pakistan ...
The Inland Revenue Service (IRS) is a department of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in Pakistan. It was established in 2009 and holds the responsibility for overseeing various aspects of domestic taxation, encompassing Sales Tax, Income Tax, and Federal Excise Duty. [1] [2]
However, to avoid excise duty being levied (and possibly reimbursed) each time goods are moved in the course of trade, the directive also provides for a system of movement under a suspension arrangement. Under this system, excisable goods can be dispatched from one tax warehouse to another without excise duty being charged.
A poll tax, also called a per capita tax, or capitation tax, is a tax that levies a set amount per individual. It is an example of the concept of fixed tax. One of the earliest taxes mentioned in the Bible of a half-shekel per annum from each adult Jew (Ex. 30:11–16) was a form of the poll tax. Poll taxes are administratively cheap because ...
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 ...