Pakistan public holidays 2026, GST rate and tax data
Pakistan: GST rate 18% since 15 Feb 2023; 15 public holidays in 2026 (next: Allama Iqbal Day — fixed date, 9 Nov 2026); corporate tax rate 29%; minimum wage 40700 PKR/month; policy interest rate 11.5%; inflation rate (CPI) 10.3%.
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{ "country": "PK", "series": "vat", "value": 18, "unit": "percent", "effective_from": "2023-02-15", "last_confirmed": "2026-07-24", "source": { "name": "Sales Tax Act, 1990, section 3(1)", "url": "https://download1.fbr.gov.pk/Docs/20267171373418951SalesTaxAct1990updatedupto30.06.2026.pdf" } }
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Pakistan public holidays 2026
15 days in 2026; next: Allama Iqbal Day — fixed date on 9 Nov 2026. Official source: Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Division · last verified 24 Jul 2026
Fixed by law 3 Confirmed 11 Estimated 1
| Date | Holiday | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Feb 2026 Thu | Kashmir Day — fixed date Falls on a Thursday in this year. |
Confirmed | Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Division |
| 20 Mar 2026 Fri | Eid-ul-Fitr, day 1 (1 Shawwal 1447 A.H.) Friday; moon-sighted, re-notified 15 Mar 2026 (the January circular had anticipated 21-23 March) |
Confirmed | Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Division |
| 21 Mar 2026 Sat | Eid-ul-Fitr, day 2 — Saturday | Confirmed | Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Division |
| 23 Mar 2026 Mon | Pakistan Day — fixed date Falls on a Monday in this year. |
Confirmed | Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Division |
| 1 May 2026 Fri | Labour Day — fixed date Falls on a Friday in this year. |
Fixed by law | Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Division |
| 26 May 2026 Tue | Eid-ul-Azha, day 1 (10 Zil Haj 1447 A.H.) Tuesday; moon-sighted, notified 20 May 2026 (the January circular had anticipated 27-29 May) |
Confirmed | Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Division |
| 27 May 2026 Wed | Eid-ul-Azha, day 2 — Wednesday | Confirmed | Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Division |
| 28 May 2026 Thu | Eid-ul-Azha, day 3 — coincides with Youm-e-Takbeer, itself a fixed-date public holiday on 28 May Falls on a Thursday in this year. |
Confirmed | Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Division |
| 25 Jun 2026 Thu | Ashura, 9 Muharram 1448 A.H. moon-sighted, notified 22 Jun 2026 (the January circular had anticipated 24-25 June); Falls on a Thursday in this year. |
Confirmed | Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Division |
| 26 Jun 2026 Fri | Ashura, 10 Muharram 1448 A.H. Falls on a Friday in this year. |
Confirmed | Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Division |
| 14 Aug 2026 Fri | Independence Day — fixed date Falls on a Friday in this year. |
Confirmed | Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Division |
| 25 Aug 2026 Tue | Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH), 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1448 A.H. — ANTICIPATED, still subject to moon sighting; a separate Cabinet Division notification will confirm Falls on a Tuesday in this year. |
Estimated | Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Division |
| 9 Nov 2026 Mon | Allama Iqbal Day — fixed date Falls on a Monday in this year. |
Confirmed | Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Division |
| 25 Dec 2026 Fri | Quaid-e-Azam Day / Christmas — fixed date Falls on a Friday in this year. |
Fixed by law | Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Division |
| 26 Dec 2026 Sat | Day after Christmas — public holiday for Christians only Falls on a Saturday in this year. |
Fixed by law | Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Division |
Status is read from the record: fixed by law follows from a standing rule (a fixed date or the Easter computus); confirmed is dated in the cited official calendar and not flagged provisional; estimated is provisional or moon-sighting dependent; substitute stands in for a statutory day that fell on a weekend or was moved. Hover a status for the reason.
Every current Pakistan value
Rate schedules and breakdowns
Withholding tax rates
10–15% across 4 withholding taxes — no single rate · in force from — · Official source: Income Tax Ordinance 2001: s.152(1) 'Every person paying an amount of royalty… · last verified 10 Aug 2026 secondary
Rates by payment type
| key | label | rate | applies to | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dividends | Withholding on dividends (section 150) | 15 | dividends paid by a resident company, including to non-resident shareholders (general rate; special payer categories differ) | Income Tax Ordinance 2001 s.150 read… |
| Final tax on dividends for most recipients. 7.5% applies to dividends from certain independent power producers, 25% from companies paying no tax due to exempt income/carried losses (rate card categories); 15% is the general rate served. Doubled for non-ATL recipients. | ||||
| interest | Withholding on profit on debt paid to a non-resident | 10 | profit on debt (interest) paid to a non-resident person having no permanent establishment in Pakistan | PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries - Pakistan… |
| SECONDARY-VERIFIED: the 10% for non-resident profit on debt rests on PwC's current summary; the Ordinance reaches it through s.152 and Schedule provisions (including concessional treatment for certain debt instruments and government securities accounts). Resident-rate profit on… | ||||
| royalties | Withholding on royalties (sections 6 and 152(1)) | 15 | royalty paid to a non-resident person, chargeable under section 6 of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001 | Income Tax Ordinance 2001 s.152(1)… |
| Final tax on the gross amount for a non-resident without a PE; where the royalty is attributable to a Pakistani PE it is taxed on a net basis instead. | ||||
| technical-service-fees | Withholding on fees for technical services (sections 6 and 152(1)) | 15 | fee for technical services paid to a non-resident person, chargeable under section 6 | Income Tax Ordinance 2001 s.152(1) read… |
| Final tax on gross for non-residents without a PE. The related but distinct 'fee for offshore digital services' category carries 10% under the same Division as amended. | ||||
Personal income tax brackets
0–35% across 8 bands · in force from 2026-07-01 · Official source: Finance Act, 2026 (Act No. XLIII of 2026, assented by the President on 26 June… · last verified 24 Jul 2026
| min | max | rate |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 600000 | 0 |
| 600000 | 1200000 | 1 |
| 1200000 | 2200000 | 11 |
| 2200000 | 3200000 | 20 |
| 3200000 | 4100000 | 25 |
| 4100000 | 5600000 | 29 |
| 5600000 | 7000000 | 32 |
| 7000000 | — | 35 |
Statutory social-insurance contributions
0–6% across 3 contribution branches · in force from 2025-07-01 · Official source: Employees' Old-Age Benefits Act 1976 (Act No. XIV of 1976) with the Employees'… · last verified 11 Aug 2026 secondary
| key | label | rate total | rate employee | rate employer | unit | base | currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eobi | Employees' Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) — federal old-age pension contribution | 6 | 1 | 5 | percent | "Insurable wages" — NOT the employee's actual salary. EOBI contributions are computed on the notified minimum wage, so the contribution is a FLAT CASH AMOUNT identical for every insured employee regardless of what they actually earn. The minimum wage that supplies this base is notified and has recently been in the region of PKR 37,000 to PKR 40,000 a month depending on the notification relied on (see the sourcing caveat in the scheme notes). | PKR |
| THE BASE IS THE MINIMUM WAGE, NOT ACTUAL PAY, AND THIS IS THE DEFINING EOBI TRAP. A chief executive on PKR 2,000,000 a month and a machine operator on PKR 45,000 attract exactly the same EOBI contribution, because both are computed on the notified minimum wage. It behaves as a… | |||||||
| provincial_social_security | Provincial social security contribution — administered by the province's own Employees' Social Security Institution (PESSI in Punjab, SESSI in Sindh, ESSI in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, BESSI in Balochistan). Punjab is the reference province. | 6 | 0 | 6 | percent | Wages of the insured employee, subject to a wage limit fixed by the province. Contributions are in practice computed on the notified minimum wage rather than on actual pay for employees earning above the limit, so — like EOBI — the charge functions as a flat per-head amount for most of the workforce. Punjab's minimum wage for adult and adolescent workers in all industrial and commercial establishments is PKR 40,000 a month with effect from 1 July 2025. | PKR |
| EMPLOYER-ONLY — the employee contributes nothing to the provincial social security scheme. This is the opposite of EOBI, where the employee pays 1%. THE RATE AND THE WAGE LIMIT ARE SET PROVINCE BY PROVINCE AND THEY DIVERGE. Punjab (PESSI) is served here at 6%. Sindh (SESSI)… | |||||||
| workers_welfare_and_profit_funds | Workers Welfare Fund and Workers' Profit Participation Fund — profit-based employer levies, not payroll contributions | — | 0 | — | percent | Assessed on the company's total income or net profit for the year, NOT on wages. Payable annually with the tax or accounts cycle rather than monthly with payroll. | PKR |
| Listed with null rates so the branch is visibly present rather than silently missing, NOT because it is a payroll contribution. BOTH ARE LEVIES ON PROFIT, NOT ON WAGES — they are assessed on the establishment's income or net profit, fall due annually, are deducted from no one's… | |||||||
By subdivision
| Code | Name | Value | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK-PB | Punjab | 1 additional day | Provincial Employees' Social Security… | last verified 11 Aug 2026 |
| PK-SD | Sindh | 1 additional day | Sindh Employees' Social Security… | last verified 11 Aug 2026 |
| PK-KP | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 1 additional day | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Employees' Social… | last verified 11 Aug 2026 |
| PK-BA | Balochistan | 1 additional day | Balochistan Employees' Social Security… | last verified 11 Aug 2026 |
Tax filing deadlines
2 deadline rules · in force from — · Official source: 2 rules, each cited to its own official source; series-level citation is the… · last verified 28 Oct 2026
| key | tax | obligation | label | frequency | applies to | confidence | last confirmed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sales-tax-payment-monthly | vat | payment | Sales tax payment — monthly (standard procedure) | monthly | Registered persons under the standard procedure (monthly return) | primary | 2026-10-28 | Sales Tax Due Dates |
| Annexure C is due on the 10th. Special categories (electricity/gas distribution, IPPs, petroleum E&P, CNG dealers quarterly, brick kilns) have different dates under the Sales Tax Rules 2006 and are not modelled. | ||||||||
| sales-tax-return-monthly | vat | return | Sales tax return e-filing — monthly (standard procedure) | monthly | Registered persons under the standard procedure (monthly return) | primary | 2026-10-28 | Sales Tax Due Dates |
| Same FBR page states manufacturers also file an annual sales tax return by 30 September of the following financial year (not modelled). | ||||||||
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