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title: "FBR Imposes 10 Percent Withholding Tax on Social Media Earnings"
description: "Most outlets reported the imposition of a 10 percent withholding tax on earnings of non-filing social media influencers under the new Withholding Tax Card 2026. ProPakistani described the tax as \"doubling\" for non-filer influencers, while Business Recorder presented the tax rate as a direct imposition without using the term \"doubled.\" Both excerpts focused on the tax rate and the category of digital content creators affected."
url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/2825-social-media-influencers-to-pay-10pc-wht
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# FBR Imposes 10 Percent Withholding Tax on Social Media Earnings

business · latest filing 12 Aug 2026, 6:20 AM PKT · 11–12 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported the imposition of a 10 percent withholding tax on earnings of non-filing social media influencers under the new Withholding Tax Card 2026. ProPakistani described the tax as "doubling" for non-filer influencers, while Business Recorder presented the tax rate as a direct imposition without using the term "doubled." Both excerpts focused on the tax rate and the category of digital content creators affected.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Business Recorder** — [Social media influencers to pay 10pc WHT](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40434411/social-media-influencers-to-pay-10pc-wht) · 12 Aug 2026, 6:20 AM PKT
  > ISLAMABAD: The new Withholding Tax Card 2026 issued by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Tuesday revealed that the non-filers digital content creators/social media influencers would pay 10 percent withholding tax on revenues received from social media platforms from July 1, 2026. The FBR has issued an updated Withholding Tax Card 2026, incorporating all withholding tax amendments introduced...
- **ProPakistani** — [FBR Doubles Tax on Earnings of Non-Filer Influencers](https://propakistani.pk/2026/08/11/fbr-doubles-tax-on-earnings-of-non-filer-influencers/) · 11 Aug 2026, 10:05 PM PKT · 79% identical wording to the newest filing
  > The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has imposed a 10 percent withholding tax on social media earnings of digital content… Read More The post FBR Doubles Tax on Earnings of Non-Filer Influencers appeared first on ProPakistani.

2 articles from 2 outlets, 11–12 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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