{"id":105628,"date":"2026-05-29T15:27:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=105628"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:27:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:27:33","slug":"fbr-imf-in-talks-to-lower-taxes-on-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-imf-in-talks-to-lower-taxes-on-property.html","title":{"rendered":"FBR, IMF in talks to lower property sale and purchase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has informed lawmakers that it is in discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reduce taxes on the purchase and sale of properties in the upcoming FY2026-27 budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The development emerged during a meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue, chaired by Syed Naveed Qamar at Parliament House, where officials reviewed the macroeconomic outlook, fiscal priorities, IMF programme performance, and structural reform challenges ahead of the next federal budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-reviews-reforms-for-real-estate-sector.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PM-led meeting reviews sweeping reforms for real estate sector<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to officials, negotiations are underway to reduce taxes imposed under Sections 236C and 236K of the Income Tax Ordinance, which apply to property transactions. Section 236C relates to advance tax collected on the sale of immovable property, while Section 236K applies to the purchase of property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FBR officials also informed the committee that responsibility for budget preparation has been shifted to the Tax Policy Unit under the Ministry of Finance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussion around property taxation comes amid expectations that overseas Pakistanis may increase investments in the country\u2019s real estate sector following recent regional tensions in the Gulf. Officials further noted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbrs-selective-property-valuations-in-6-cities.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">property valuation rates<\/a> in various cities had already been revised downward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No final decision on tax reductions has been announced, with discussions between the government and IMF still ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has informed lawmakers that it is in discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reduce taxes on the purchase and sale of properties in the upcoming FY2026-27 budget. The development emerged during a meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue, chaired by Syed Naveed Qamar at Parliament House, where officials reviewed the macroeconomic outlook, fiscal priorities, IMF programme performance, and structural reform challenges ahead of the next federal budget. Read: PM-led meeting reviews sweeping reforms for real estate sector According to officials, negotiations are underway to reduce taxes imposed under Sections 236C and 236K of the Income Tax Ordinance, which apply to property transactions. Section 236C relates to advance tax collected on the sale of immovable property, while Section 236K applies to the purchase of property. FBR officials also informed the committee that responsibility for budget preparation has been shifted to the Tax Policy Unit under the Ministry of Finance. The discussion around property taxation comes amid expectations that overseas Pakistanis may increase investments in the country\u2019s real estate sector following recent regional tensions in the Gulf. Officials further noted that property valuation rates in various cities had&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":87304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016],"tags":[3362,65250,62477,14297,72272,11728,12669,73486,1685,34475,851,65230,73483,73484,3056,3057,59314,1777,62221,61708,73485,1109,3822],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-105628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"tag-fbr","9":"tag-federal-budget-pakistan","10":"tag-finance-committee","11":"tag-fiscal-reforms","12":"tag-fy2026-27-budget","13":"tag-imf","14":"tag-ministry-of-finance","15":"tag-national-assembly-standing-committee-on-finance","16":"tag-overseas-pakistanis","17":"tag-pakistan-economy","18":"tag-pakistan-property-market","19":"tag-pakistan-real-estate-news","20":"tag-property-purchase-tax","21":"tag-property-sale-tax","22":"tag-property-taxes","23":"tag-property-transactions","24":"tag-property-valuation-rates","25":"tag-real-estate-investment","26":"tag-real-estate-pakistan","27":"tag-section-236k","28":"tag-sections-236c","29":"tag-tax-reforms","30":"tag-withholding-tax","31":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FBR, IMF in talks to lower taxes on property - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"According to officials, negotiations are underway to reduce taxes imposed under Sections 236C and 236K of the Income Tax Ordinance...\" \/>\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\/fbr-imf-in-talks-to-lower-taxes-on-property.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FBR, IMF in talks to lower taxes on property - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to officials, negotiations are underway to reduce taxes imposed under Sections 236C and 236K of the Income Tax Ordinance...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-imf-in-talks-to-lower-taxes-on-property.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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