- Exporters contribute to 180 billion rupees of tax amounts during fiscal year 25.
- The retailers spit 62 billion rupees under the income tax order.
- Contribution of the salaried class on three times that of exporters.
Islamabad: In the midst of continuous efforts to extend the tax net to increase income, it is revealed that the country’s salaried class has contributed more to the amount of tax in the national chat compared to the combined contribution of exporters and retailers during the 2024-25 (FY25) ,, The news reported Thursday.
The Federal Board of Return (FBR) collected a historic income tax of 545 billion rupees in the salaried class during the last financial year completed on June 30, 2025, they therefore became the highest contributors among all other sectors due to direct taxes.
Only the contribution of the salaried class due to income tax was more than three times that of exporters. If compared to retailers, the salaried class has paid eight times more.
Exporters paid a tax amount of 180 billion rupees in the last financial year despite the dollar winner. The retailers who are considered to be politically linked to all political forces, regardless of any fracture, paid 62 billion rupees in less than 236 g and h of the income tax order.
“In whole, the salaried class paid more than double the amount as a income tax in the last year compared to the combined tax contributions of exporters and retailers,” confirmed the main official sources when speaking to the publication.
The salaried class paid 545 billion rupees during the year 2024-25 against 367 billion rupees during the financial year 2023-24, indicating that salaried segments paid 178 billion rupees from more than July 2024 to June 2025.
It is relevant to mention here that the very publicized Tajir Dost (TDS) program, which was launched for retailers during the last financial year, has not attracted retailers despite major complaints, but now the FBR plans to tighten its node flowing against those who would prefer to remain out of the tax net.
The FBR has recovered income through article 236g income tax and 11 p.m. of retailers during the last financial year.
Under article 236g, the FBR imposed a 2% tax on the gross amount of sales of distributors, dealers and wholesalers other than the sale of fertilizers.
Under article 236 hours, on the gross amount of retail sales, the tax rate of 2.5% would be billed to those who prefer to remain outside the tax net. These two stages in the form of 236 g and 11 p.m. forced the non-sequences to enter the tax net instead of paying tax on their gross sale amount.
This scribe contacted the spokesperson for the FBR and the tax policy of Dr. Najeeb Memon and inquired about the contribution of the salaried class. He said that keeping the realities of the soil in view, the FBR softened the tax rates for the first two slabs.
He said that the tax rate for the first RS0.6 million to RS1.2 million RS0.6 million slab was reduced from 5 to 1%. For the second slab, the tax rate increased from 15 to 11% for income in a range of more than 1.2 million rupees to 2.2 million rupees on an annual basis. It was of the opinion that the salaried class was to obtain a relief of 50 billion rupees during the year 2025-2026 in progress.
With regard to another question on retailers, he said that law implementation measures would give results, because it would not be possible for potential tax dodgers to stay outside the tax net if they were interested in keeping amounts in bank deposits, purchase of goods or purchase of new cars.