{"id":102480,"date":"2025-06-11T12:17:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T07:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=102480"},"modified":"2025-06-11T12:17:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T07:17:40","slug":"govt-slashes-income-tax-rates-for-salaried-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-slashes-income-tax-rates-for-salaried-class.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt slashes income tax rates for salaried class in Budget 2025\u201326"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: In a major relief for Pakistan\u2019s salaried class, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Tuesday announced a significant reduction in income tax rates in the federal budget for FY2025-26. The decision is part of a broader plan to ease the financial burden on middle-income earners and counter Pakistan&#8217;s ongoing brain drain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presenting the Rs17.573 trillion budget in the National Assembly, Aurangzeb said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are providing tax relief to those who need it the most \u2014 the salaried class.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key income tax changes for salaried individuals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Annual Income Rs600,000\u20131.2 million:<br>Tax rate slashed from 5% to 1%, cutting the payable amount from Rs30,000 to Rs6,000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Annual Income Rs1.2 million\u20132.2 million:<br>Tax rate reduced from 15% to 11%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Annual Income Rs2.2 million\u20133.2 million:<br>Tax rate cut from 25% to 23%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/budget-brings-tax-reliefs-for-real-estate-sector.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Budget 2025\u201326 brings major tax reliefs for real estate sector<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the surcharge on high-income earners (those earning above Rs10 million annually) has been reduced by 1% to help retain top talent in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aurangzeb also promised a simplified tax filing system from July onwards to encourage compliance and improve ease of doing business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These tax revisions come amid a broader effort to raise Pakistan\u2019s tax-to-GDP ratio to 14% and to transform the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) into a more efficient, tech-enabled institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The budget also includes a 10% increase in government salaries and a 7% rise in pensions, reflecting the government\u2019s attempt to cushion citizens from inflation, which is targeted at 7.5% for the upcoming year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new measures are expected to offer meaningful relief to white-collar workers, who have long shouldered a disproportionate share of the tax burden in Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: In a major relief for Pakistan\u2019s salaried class, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Tuesday announced a significant reduction in income tax rates in the federal budget for FY2025-26. The decision is part of a broader plan to ease the financial burden on middle-income earners and counter Pakistan&#8217;s ongoing brain drain. Presenting the Rs17.573 trillion budget in the National Assembly, Aurangzeb said: \u201cWe are providing tax relief to those who need it the most \u2014 the salaried class.\u201d Key income tax changes for salaried individuals: Read: Budget 2025\u201326 brings major tax reliefs for real estate sector Additionally, the surcharge on high-income earners (those earning above Rs10 million annually) has been reduced by 1% to help retain top talent in the country. Aurangzeb also promised a simplified tax filing system from July onwards to encourage compliance and improve ease of doing business. These tax revisions come amid a broader effort to raise Pakistan\u2019s tax-to-GDP ratio to 14% and to transform the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) into a more efficient, tech-enabled institution. The budget also includes a 10% increase in government salaries and a 7% rise in pensions, reflecting the government\u2019s attempt to cushion citizens from inflation, which is targeted at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":101386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15015],"tags":[62476,65184,65179,37710,65178,65182,65175,65174,61647,65173,63747,65176,65181,65180,65183,65112,65177,61414,24801,65172],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-102480","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-legal-taxation","8":"tag-budget-2025-26","9":"tag-budget-impact-on-salaried-class","10":"tag-economic-policy-2025","11":"tag-fbr-reforms","12":"tag-federal-budget-highlights","13":"tag-fiscal-measures-pakistan","14":"tag-government-employees-salary-increase","15":"tag-income-tax-reduction","16":"tag-income-tax-reforms","17":"tag-middle-class-budget-relief","18":"tag-muhammad-aurangzeb","19":"tag-pakistan-federal-budget","20":"tag-pakistan-gdp-target","21":"tag-pension-increase","22":"tag-personal-income-tax","23":"tag-salaried-class-relief","24":"tag-tax-on-high-income","25":"tag-tax-reforms-pakistan","26":"tag-tax-relief-measures","27":"tag-tax-slabs-pakistan","28":"cat-15015-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt slashes income tax rates for salaried class - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The decision is part of a broader plan to ease the financial burden on middle-income earners and counter Pakistan&#039;s ongoing brain drain....\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-slashes-income-tax-rates-for-salaried-class.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt slashes income tax rates for salaried class - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The decision is part of a broader plan to ease the financial burden on middle-income earners and counter Pakistan&#039;s ongoing brain drain....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-slashes-income-tax-rates-for-salaried-class.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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