{"id":21091,"date":"2025-03-07T12:47:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T07:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=21091"},"modified":"2025-03-07T12:47:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T07:47:59","slug":"no-relief-on-power-bills-as-imf-rejects-pakistans-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2025\/03\/07\/no-relief-on-power-bills-as-imf-rejects-pakistans-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"No relief on power bills as IMF rejects Pakistan\u2019s proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has turned down Pakistan\u2019s proposal to abolish General Sales Tax (GST) on electricity bills in an effort to provide relief to consumers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During ongoing economic review talks, the government also presented proposals to ease the tax burden on the real estate, property, beverage, and tobacco sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources privy to the development said tax reductions in these sectors may be implemented with the IMF&#8217;s approval. Additionally, there are discussions on reducing tax rates for the salaried class in the next budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To bridge the revenue gap, the government has outlined a plan to collect Rs 250 billion through various sectors, including retail. Tax collection is expected to be facilitated through trader-friendly schemes, compliance risk management, and administrative measures, with final approval resting with the IMF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Pakistan and the IMF are also negotiating strategies to address the mounting circular debt in the energy sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has turned down Pakistan\u2019s proposal to abolish General Sales Tax<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[215,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-newsbeat"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>No relief on power bills as IMF rejects Pakistan\u2019s proposal - 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