Government tightens digital payments oversight and considers tax reforms
Most outlets reported the government's decision to tighten definitions of active digital payment users and merchants under the Cashless Pakistan initiative, and to consider tax policy reforms. Business Recorder added that the move aims to accelerate the initiative and noted an increase in digital payment acceptance, while Profit highlighted the quadrupling of digital payment acceptance in FY26 and the involvement of the private sector in proposing reforms.
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Govt to tighten digital payment user definitions, consider tax reforms under Cashless Pakistan initiative
Committee to redefine active users and merchants as digital payment acceptance quadruples in FY26; private sector asked to propose tax policy reforms
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Cashless drive: Govt tightens digital payments oversight, plans tax reforms
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to tighten the definitions of active digital payment users and merchants and introduce tax policy reforms to accelerate Prime Minister’s Cashless Pakistan initiative, as the number of merchants accepting electronic payments quadrupled in the last fiscal year. Minister of State for Railways and Finance, Bilal Azhar Kayani, on Tuesday chaired a high-level mee...
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