{"id":63089,"date":"2020-03-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63089"},"modified":"2020-03-20T18:07:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T13:07:56","slug":"fpcci-asks-for-tax-relief-health-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fpcci-asks-for-tax-relief-health-sector.html","title":{"rendered":"FPCCI asks for tax relief for health sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce (FPCCI) recently asked the government to provide tax relief for the health sector, a news source reported. In this regard, the Convener FPCCI Central Standing Committee on Insurance Dr Murtaza Mughal asked the government to waive taxes imposed on health products and services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fpcci-urges-govt-to-ensure-gas-supply-to-industries.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"FPCCI urges govt to ensure gas supply to industries (opens in a new tab)\">FPCCI urges govt to ensure gas supply to industries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Mughal remarked that the tax relief would provide the masses\nwith access to health products and services. He also asked for an increase in\nthe budget for the health sector during the ongoing virus outbreak. He added\nthat the government should extend the tax deadlines for some important sectors,\nwaive off penalties, and promote health insurance so that the underprivileged\ncould also receive quality services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While speaking with the Executive Member of Insurance Association of Pakistan and Director UIC Huma Waheed, Dr Mughal suggested that the Federal Board of Revenue should set up a special cell for studying the impact of the virus outbreak on taxpayers and businesses. He added that the tax authority should use the findings of this proposed study to finalise a coronavirus response package for stimulating the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fpcci-urges-sbp-develop-mechanism-facilitate-direct-paypal-access.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"FPCCI urges SBP to develop mechanism to facilitate direct PayPal access (opens in a new tab)\">FPCCI urges SBP to develop mechanism to facilitate direct PayPal access<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also noted that health insurance companies mostly focused\non urban areas. Therefore, he said, that the government should provide\nincentives to companies providing these services to the rural areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce (FPCCI) recently asked the government to provide tax relief for the health sector, a news source reported. In this regard, the Convener FPCCI Central Standing Committee on Insurance Dr Murtaza Mughal asked the government to waive taxes imposed on health products and services. Read: FPCCI urges govt to ensure gas supply to industries Dr Mughal remarked that the tax relief would provide the masses with access to health products and services. He also asked for an increase in the budget for the health sector during the ongoing virus outbreak. He added that the government should extend the tax deadlines for some important sectors, waive off penalties, and promote health insurance so that the underprivileged could also receive quality services. While speaking with the Executive Member of Insurance Association of Pakistan and Director UIC Huma Waheed, Dr Mughal suggested that the Federal Board of Revenue should set up a special cell for studying the impact of the virus outbreak on taxpayers and businesses. He added that the tax authority should use the findings of this proposed study to finalise a coronavirus response package for stimulating the economy. Read: FPCCI urges SBP to develop&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":62138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[23895],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63089","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-details-on-fpcci-asks-for-tax-relief-for-health-sector","9":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FPCCI asks for tax relief for health sector - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce (FPCCI) recently asked the government to provide tax relief for the health sector.\" \/>\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\/fpcci-asks-for-tax-relief-health-sector.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FPCCI asks for tax relief for health sector - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce (FPCCI) recently asked the government to provide tax relief for the health sector.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fpcci-asks-for-tax-relief-health-sector.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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