Slow growth in FBR revenues
The figures on tax revenues collected by FBR in the first five months of 2020-21 have been released. The overall growth achieved during this period is only 4 percent. In…
Buoyancy of FBR revenues
The good news is that FBR has achieved extraordinary growth in tax revenues of 41 percent in the first two months of the current financial year. Income tax revenues are…
Growth in FBR revenues
Tax revenues collected by FBR showed a growth rate of 14% in 2017-18 to reach the level of Rs 3842 billion. This represents a shortfall of Rs 171 billion in…
Straggling FBR Revenues
FBR revenues showed exceptional growth in 2015-16 of 20 percent. The annual target was more than fully achieved for the first time during the tenure of the present government. It…
Growth in FBR Revenues
The outcome in terms of the level and growth of revenues collected by FBR up to October has been made public recently. Apparently, during the first four months of the…
Outlook for FBR Revenues
The revised budget for 2018-19 presented by the new government has brought down somewhat the FBR revenue target for the year from Rs 4435 billion to Rs 4398 billion. This…
Slow growth in FBR revenues
FBR put in a stellar performance in 2015-16. The target for the year was more than achieved. The growth rate was over 20%, the highest since 2011-12. In one year,…
FBR revenue targets for 2024-25
The first two months of 2024-25 have already revealed serious problems with the overall and individual revenue targets for FBR taxes. Identification of the problems starts with the wrong estimates…
FBR: Dwindling tax collection
Pakistan has one of the world’s lowest tax ratios, stemming from five main weaknesses: complexity, a narrow tax base, low compliance, inefficient tax administration, and low and declining provincial tax…
Growth in federal tax revenues
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has released recently the Revenue Division Year Book for 2022-23. This is a very useful publication and highlights the trends in the level and…
