ISLAMABAD: It has come to light that the country’s salaried class contributed more than double the tax amount into the national kitty compared to the combined contribution of exporters and retailers in Fiscal Year 2024-25 (FY25),
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has collected a historic Rs545 billion income tax from the salaried class in the last fiscal year ended on June 30, 2025, thus they became the highest contributors among all other sectors on account of direct taxes.
Alone, the contribution of the salaried class on account of Income Tax was more than three times that of exporters.
If compared with retailers, the salaried class paid eight times more.
Exporters have paid out a tax amount of Rs180 billion in the last fiscal year despite earning in dollars.
The retailers who are considered politically connected with all political forces, irrespective of any divide, have paid Rs62 billion under 236 G and H of the Income Tax Ordinance.
“In totality, the salaried class has paid more than double the amount as Income Tax in the last fiscal year compared to combined tax contributions from exporters and retailers,” top official sources confirmed.
The salaried class paid out Rs545 billion in the fiscal year 2024-25 against Rs367 billion in the previous fiscal year 2023-24, indicating that the salaried segments paid Rs178 billion more from July 2024 to June 2025.
