ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has notified reduction in sales tax rate on import of finished goods of textile and leather.
A notification SRO1070 was issued on Monday by amending the SRO1125 of 2011. As per decision, the sales tax was reduced to 6 per cent from standard 17pc on import of these finished products for consumption in domestic market.
Published in Dawn, October 24th, 2017
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Melasaab
Oct 24, 2017 09:34am
Further demise of local manufacturer
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Shahid Sattar
Oct 24, 2017 09:39am
Whose cousins have imported textile finished products recently to benefit from the FBR's decision of reduction in sales tax rates while import duties on hundreds of other products have been increased to cut down the deficit being faced by the country?
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Khurram
Oct 24, 2017 09:46am
I think this is good step to put local manufacturers of leather and textile products into competition.
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Adeel
Oct 24, 2017 09:47am
@Melasaab Agreed
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Zafar Ahmed
Oct 24, 2017 09:54am
What for & Who is going to benefit from it amd I am sure local manufacturers will be the loosers !
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Farrukh Hussain
Oct 24, 2017 10:03am
Positive move cause we love imported products and demand exists so fair enough!!!
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Hamid Malik
Oct 24, 2017 10:37am
Not a good decision for local industry
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kamran
Oct 24, 2017 11:42am
what a silly decision
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Zahid
Oct 24, 2017 12:12pm
On one hand, govt has imposed regulatory duty on more than 350 items to control the ever increasing trade deficit and now it has reduced the GST on products which are not meant for common man. It must be for the benefits of influential importers..
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kamran
Oct 24, 2017 12:15pm
FBR cruelty issued SRO to increase duty on hundred of items to control the
trade deficit, by this decision we are hurting the local manufacture and putting burden on import bill also.
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Iqbal F quadir
Oct 24, 2017 12:28pm
11% reduction in tax for very likely luxury goods import and 10% WHT for poor pensioners.
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Khan
Oct 24, 2017 12:42pm
Bangladesh, China n Indian will flood their textile finished goods n local factories will be closed.
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Yahya
Oct 24, 2017 02:07pm
What a shame an useless people around?
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Understanding Politics
Oct 24, 2017 03:13pm
Exports of cotton products must be encouraged, by offering incentives. Pak cotton products share needs to be improved in international markets.
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ZANE
Oct 24, 2017 07:20pm
Wow, already 35% of the textile industry are shut and now they are trying to shut the rest.MFs
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