{"id":1019,"date":"2026-07-16T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2026-07-16T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T15:00:08","slug":"tax-relief-announced-for-retailers-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=1019","title":{"rendered":"Tax relief announced for retailers in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.arynews.tv\/zip-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FBR.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tax relief announced for retailers in Pakistan\" title=\"Tax relief announced for retailers in Pakistan\" \/><\/div><p><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.6\">\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in Pakistan has announced tax relief measures for small shopkeepers, including a ban on raid inspections at shops displaying a \u2018Green Plate\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the FBR, Inland Revenue officers will not be allowed to enter those shops displayed the Green Plate.<\/p>\n<p>The authority has also issued a draft outlining a simplified rule for small retailers; shopkeepers will be able to file their tax returns through the IRIS online portal or a mobile application using a simplified return form.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also: <span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/parliament-body-seeks-taxpayers-data-fbr-hearing\">Parliament body seeks taxpayers\u2019 data from FBR in hearing<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The FBR said the forms will also be available in Urdu and other regional languages.<\/p>\n<p>Under the special scheme, a 1 percent tax will be imposed on the total business volume. The Green Plate will feature a QR code, the taxpayer\u2019s National Tax Number (NTN), the retailer\u2019s name, and the shop\u2019s address.<\/p>\n<p>According to FBR, the scheme will be available to retailers with an annual turnover of up to Rs. 200 million. However, owners of multiple shops, Tier-1 retailers, jewelers, and professionals such as doctors, engineers, and lawyers will not be eligible.<\/p>\n<p>Participation in the special scheme is voluntary, and retailers may continue to file tax returns under the existing tax system if they choose.<\/p>\n<p>The FBR said retailers who want to join the scheme must pay a minimum tax of Rs.25,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in Pakistan has announced tax relief measures for small shopkeepers, including a ban on raid inspections at shops displaying a \u2018Green Plate\u2019. According to the FBR, Inland Revenue officers will not be allowed to enter those shops displayed the Green Plate. The authority has also issued a draft&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.arynews.tv\/zip-archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FBR.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1156,91,2086,370,2085],"class_list":["post-1019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news","tag-announced","tag-pakistan","tag-relief","tag-retailers","tag-tax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}