ISLAMABAD: A report revealed that Pakistan’s salaried class have paid a massive Rs 266 billion income tax in the first half of the current fiscal year 2025/26.
According to a report published in a daily newspaper, one rupee out of every 10 rupees of income tax has been paid by the salaried class.
Tax paid by salaried class went up by Rs 23 billion or 9 percent as compared to the previous year. The tax collected from the salaried class has already crossed Rs 300 billion, if included book adjustments.
FBR Chief Announces Big Relief For Pakistan’s Salaried Class
Earlier, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Rashid Langrial had hinted a good news for the salaried class in Pakistan.
As per details, the FBR head said during a seminar by Pakistan Business Council, that they are working on further tax relief to salaried class in the next fiscal year’s budget
Langrial said that the Prime Minister has instructed a reduction in tax rates for the salaried class. He added that work has already begun to lower tax rates for salaried individuals in the upcoming budget.
The FBR chief stated that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has also directed a reduction in the super tax imposed on large companies. Acting on these directives, the FBR has initiated work on reducing the super tax as well.
Any reduction in tax rates will depend on improved tax compliance, he added. “The larger the number of taxpayers in the country, the greater the possibility of lowering tax rates,” he said.
How much tax Pakistanis pay on petrol per litre?
Following a massive drop in petrol prices in Pakistan, consumers wonder how much tax they are paying per litre.
As per details, the general sales tax (GST) on petroleum products is zero, however, the consumers are being charged Rs78 per litre on diesel.
Whereas Rs 82 per litre GST is placed on petrol and high octane products on account of petrol levy. The government has also imposed Rs2.50 per litre climate support levy (CSL).
On the other hand, custom duty on petrol and HSD per litre is Rs 16-17 per litre, regardless of their local production or imports.
The total number recovered by the government was Rs1.161 trillion through the petroleum levy in 2025 and will likely to rise to Rs1.470 trillion in the ongoing year
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