{"id":3348,"date":"2025-10-28T17:45:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T12:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spinpk.com\/?p=3348"},"modified":"2025-10-28T17:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T12:45:04","slug":"gohar-ejaz-highlights-record-rs5-83tr-tax-collection-warns-of-rising-burden-on-salaried-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinpk.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/28\/gohar-ejaz-highlights-record-rs5-83tr-tax-collection-warns-of-rising-burden-on-salaried-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Gohar Ejaz Highlights Record Rs5.83tr Tax Collection, Warns of Rising Burden on Salaried Class"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan\u2019s income tax collection surged to a record Rs 5.83 trillion in fiscal year 2024\u201325, up sharply from Rs 4.57 trillion a year earlier \u2014 but the historic jump has triggered public resentment and debate over fairness in taxation, as both salaried individuals and the business community complain of a rising burden.
\nThis was stated by Gohar Ejaz chairman Pakistan Economic Policy and Business Development (EPBD) Think Tank.
\nAccording to official figures shared by Ejaz, the government attributes the unprecedented rise to improved compliance and a broadened tax base. However, economists and taxpayers warn that the increase has come at the cost of uneven pressure on wage earners and formal businesses, while large segments of the informal economy remain untaxed.
\nOut of the total collection, Rs 575 billion came from salaried individuals, up from Rs 364 billion in fiscal year 2023\u201324 \u2014 a surge of over 57 percent, making the salaried class one of the hardest-hit segments. In comparison, the business sector \u2014 comprising corporations, private limited firms, banks, foreign companies, small enterprises, and Associations of Persons (AOPs) \u2014 collectively contributed nearly Rs 5.3 trillion, compared to Rs 4.1 trillion a year earlier.
\nWithin this, private limited companies led the pack, paying Rs 1.36 trillion, followed by banking companies at Rs 930 billion, listed firms at Rs 867 billion, and AOPs at Rs 214 billion. Other individuals outside the salaried category contributed Rs 1.12 trillion.
\nDespite the higher inflows, critics say the tax system remains heavily tilted toward compliant sectors, warning of long-term economic distortion and fatigue among taxpayers. Calls are growing for a more balanced and sustainable tax framework, particularly as the government projects that Pakistan\u2019s total tax-to-GDP ratio \u2014 including direct, indirect, petroleum levy, and provincial taxes \u2014 will cross 15 percent in FY 2025\u201326 for the first time in decades.
\nHe caution that without structural reforms to bring untaxed sectors into the net, the government\u2019s revenue drive risks undermining economic confidence and growth, even as it delivers record collections on paper.<\/p>\n

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan\u2019s income tax collection surged to a record Rs 5.83 trillion in fiscal year 2024\u201325, up sharply from Rs 4.57 trillion a year earlier \u2014 but the historic jump has triggered public resentment and debate over fairness in taxation, as both salaried individuals and the business community complain of a rising burden. This was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[410],"class_list":["post-3348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-gohar-ejaz-chairman-pakistan-economic-policy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinpk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3348"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinpk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinpk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinpk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinpk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spinpk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3349,"href":"https:\/\/spinpk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3348\/revisions\/3349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinpk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinpk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinpk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinpk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}