{"id":61046,"date":"2020-02-06T16:28:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T11:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61046"},"modified":"2020-02-06T16:38:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T11:38:13","slug":"fbr-imf-discuss-additional-tax-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-imf-discuss-additional-tax-measures.html","title":{"rendered":"FBR, IMF discuss additional tax measures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Officials of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently held a meeting to discuss a series of additional tax measures proposed for inclusion in the government\u2019s mini-budget announcement, a news source reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/imf-sets-7-new-targets-for-the-third-quarter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"IMF sets 7 new targets for the third quarter (opens in a new tab)\">IMF sets 7 new targets for the third quarter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both sides discussed the potential revenue measures. Most of the measures discussed pertained to sales tax. Meanwhile, the FBR authorities resisted the IMF\u2019s demand for holding the mini-budget announcement. On the other hand, they also sought a cut of PKR 800 billion for the tax collection target. However, the IMF officials declined any further ease in the targets unless Pakistan took additional tax measures. The authority has already lowered the target to PKR 5.238 trillion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: I<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/imf-review-notes-pakistans-positive-macro-economic-performance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MF review notes Pakistan\u2019s positive macro-economic performance (opens in a new tab)\">MF review notes Pakistan\u2019s positive macro-economic performance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Finance has proposed four\nkey principles to work out the revenue measures. Pakistan currently needs a\nmini-budget of worth PKR 200 billion for achieving the said revised tax\ncollection target. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per sources, due to a short time remaining before the end of the current fiscal year, FBR\u2019s major revenue spinner comes down to raising the General Sales Tax (GST) from 17% to 18%. They added that this rate was highly inflationary and politically risky. FBR has yet to consider this proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/imf-proposes-setting-up-national-tax-collection-agency.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"IMF proposes setting up National Tax Collection Agency (opens in a new tab)\">IMF proposes setting up National Tax Collection Agency<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another meeting between the two sides is\ndue today so the Finance Ministry could decide on the revenue measures that\ncame under discussion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Officials of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently held a meeting to discuss a series of additional tax measures proposed for inclusion in the government\u2019s mini-budget announcement, a news source reported. Read: IMF sets 7 new targets for the third quarter Both sides discussed the potential revenue measures. Most of the measures discussed pertained to sales tax. Meanwhile, the FBR authorities resisted the IMF\u2019s demand for holding the mini-budget announcement. On the other hand, they also sought a cut of PKR 800 billion for the tax collection target. However, the IMF officials declined any further ease in the targets unless Pakistan took additional tax measures. The authority has already lowered the target to PKR 5.238 trillion. Read: IMF review notes Pakistan\u2019s positive macro-economic performance The Ministry of Finance has proposed four key principles to work out the revenue measures. Pakistan currently needs a mini-budget of worth PKR 200 billion for achieving the said revised tax collection target. As per sources, due to a short time remaining before the end of the current fiscal year, FBR\u2019s major revenue spinner comes down to raising the General Sales Tax (GST) from 17% to 18%. 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