Pakistan tax authority misses August revenue target by PKR 65 billion
FBR collects PKR 886 billion against target of PKR 951 billion; officials expect revenue to cross PKR 900 billion
Shahzad Raza
Correspondent
Shahzad; a journalist with 12+ years of experience, working in Multi Media. Worked in Field, covered Big Legal Constitutional and Political Events in Pakistan since 2012. Graduate of Islamic University Islamabad.
Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has fallen short of its August collection target, raising concerns over meeting the government’s ambitious tax goals.
The FBR provisionally collected PKR 886 billion ($3.2 billion) during August 2025, against a target of PKR 951 billion, reflecting a shortfall of PKR 65 billion.
In the first two months of the current fiscal year (July-August 2025-26), provisional revenue reached PKR 1,650.5 billion. That figure remained below the assigned target of PKR 1,698 billion, leaving a gap of PKR 47.5 billion.
Tax offices across the country will remain open on August 30 and 31 to boost collection during the final days of the month. Officials expressed confidence that August’s revenue could cross PKR 900 billion once final figures are tallied.
The FBR has set a target of PKR 3.08 trillion for the first quarter of 2025-26. Within that, August’s goal was PKR 951 billion, while September’s target stands at PKR 1,385 billion.
Separately, the FBR assigned the additional charge of CEO of Pakistan Revenue Automation Ltd. (PRAL) to Member Operations Inland Revenue Hamid Attique Sarwar. Sarwar, who retired earlier, was recently rehired on a one-year contract.
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