Central Board of Revenue

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The Central Board of Revenue (commonly known as acronym CBR) is a federal department of Pakistan that is responsible for collecting revenue for the government of Pakistan^[1]

By the enactment of FBR Act 2007 in July 2007 the Central Board of Revenue has now become Federal Board of Revenue New URL of FBR Pakistan WWW.FBR.GOV.PK

[edit] Tax Collection Trend

This is a chart of trend of taxes collected by the Central Board of Revenue of Pakistan with figures in millions of Pakistani Rupees.[1]

Year	Total	Direct Taxes	Indirect Taxes
1996	129,282,087	658,485,060	2,11,597,027
2000	982,392,277	251,124,585	124,5267,692
2005	429,282,087	129,282,087	6,11,597,027

Since the mid-1990s, Sales Tax has grown dramatically in significance to the exchequer while Excise collection has stagnated.