Rs476 Billion Collected Through Electricity Bills: Senate Committee Documents Reveal Tax Breakdown
Islamabad: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) collected more than Rs476 billion in taxes through electricity bills during the last fiscal year, according to official documents presented before the Senate Standing Committee on Finance.
The documents reveal that the total tax collection included Rs351 billion in sales tax and Rs124 billion in income tax recovered from electricity consumers across Pakistan.
The figures also show a declining trend in tax collections compared to previous years. During FY2024-25, the government collected Rs562 billion, while Rs515 billion was collected in FY2023-24 and Rs313 billion in FY2022-23 through electricity bills.
According to the details, income tax (withholding tax) collections included Rs66 billion from industrial consumers, Rs52 billion from commercial consumers, Rs4.82 billion from non-filer domestic consumers, and Rs1.37 billion from other residential consumers under Section 235A.
Out of the Rs351 billion collected as sales tax, Rs269 billion came through normal sales tax, Rs55 billion through additional sales tax, and Rs16.5 billion was collected from retailers.
The figures were shared with lawmakers as part of official documents submitted during the Senate committee meeting on Pakistan’s revenue collections.