KARACHI: Major progress in negotiation on revival of Pakistan’s $6 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout program helped calm the markets and lifted the four-month period slightly. of economic uncertainty that took heavy losses on rupee, blurring confidence of investors.
Permanent Representative to Pakistan Esther Perez Ruiz said on Wednesday morning that the talks between the Fund mission and Pakistan are underway and major progress was made taking into account budget for fiscal year 2022-23.
“Discussions between IMF staff and authorities on macroeconomic stability policy in coming year keep going,” Ruiz said.
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Meanwhile, the federal minister for Ministry of Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail confirmed: “Pakistan and the IMF have blocked budget details and achieved significant progress on refinement of budget targets for 2022-23″.
“Now Memorandum for Economic and Financial Policy (MEFP) to be shared by the IMF soon”, minister said.
The statements sounded like a Pakistani statement. economy swinging on edge of a financial a crisis, with drying up of foreign exchange reserves up fast and the Pakistani rupee record lows against United States dollar against the background of uncertainty around the IMF program.
IMF also gave up some positions and retreated from his former demand introduce a levy on gasoline of 30 rupees per liter and a sales tax of 10.5% with effect from 1 July.
Both parties agreed that a fee of 10 rupees per liter of oil would be levied from July 1, and then it would be increased by 5 rupees per month until it reached the set level. maximum threshold of 50r per litre. GST will not be entered immediately on oil products.
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While significant progress was made there are certain changes what the IMF has made in federal budget which was introduced by Miftah on June 10th. A little of including:
- Increase in the size of in total budget expenses
- Editorial in Federal Revenue Board (FBR) tax collection target
- overlay of poverty tax
- Changes in income tax plates
According to details available with Geo.tv and Ismail Iqbal Securities, here complete list of proposed changes in federal budget for in next fiscal year 2022-23 after discussion with IMF.
Thing |
Budget |
Revised |
| Budget spending increased | 9,502 billion rupees | 9,900 billion rupees |
| Change in Collection base FBR in 22 fiscal year | 7,004 billion rupees | 7,442 billion rupees |
| Introduce a poverty tax in plates | >300 million rupees, tax 2% | > 150 million rupees, 1% tax >200 million rupees, tax 2% >250 million rupees, tax 3% >300 million rupees, tax 4% |
| Pension plan revised | 530 billion rupees | 609 billion rupees |
| Civil government spending revised | 550 billion rupees | 600 billion rupees |
| Gas infrastructure development Cess collection goal canceled due to litigation | 200 billion rupees | no purpose set |
| Custom duty purpose of collection revised | 953 billion rupees | 1,005 billion rupees |
| Increase in targeted personal income tax | Aid of 47 billion rupees | Not available |
| Annual tax exemption limit revised | 1.2 million rupees | 600,000 rupees |
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