Monday = BESTday?

Do you consider yourself an optimist or a pessimist? Depending on your outlook, you might answer the following question differently: How do you feel about Mondays? Pessimists cringe at the idea. Mondays suck. They mean back to work, back to the grind, back to slaving away for holidays and freedom and weekends. Optimists might see Mondays in the opposite light: they signify an opportunity. In the … Continue reading Monday = BESTday?

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FINPERIAL organises Financial Literacy seminar in Islamabad

Finperial is a startup providing financial consultancy to other startups and SMEs based in Twin cities. ICON event management and Be The Change along with Finperial organised a free financial literacy seminar for non financial entrepreneurs in Islamabad on 14th September 2019. The event was held at WeCreate Centre F11. Hira Jalal ACCA, founder of Finperial was the keynote speaker. The seminar was attended by … Continue reading FINPERIAL organises Financial Literacy seminar in Islamabad

FBR to Launch Tax App for Return Filing Today- Chairman FBR

Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Shabbar Zaidi has said that the revenue collection body will launch a mobile app for salaried persons to file tax returns on Friday. Talking to journalists, Shabbar Zaidi said that the mobile app will help citizens and salaried people to file their tax returns. He said that FBR decided to introduce the mobile app to facilitate the masses, business … Continue reading FBR to Launch Tax App for Return Filing Today- Chairman FBR

Are you stuck in your JOB search? Here are 5 things to do:

1. Build your Network – Don’t be shy to connect with new people. If they reject you, their loss. 2. Volunteer – It will help reduce the Unemployment Gap. 3. Learn new skills – Keep learning. Keep growing 4. Pound the pavement. Why not drop off your resume in person. Meet people. 5. Formulate a plan. Job searching is a job in itself. Everyday plan … Continue reading Are you stuck in your JOB search? Here are 5 things to do:

Tax Asaan- FBR APP Initiative for Sales Tax

Tax Asaan is a mobile application with selected functionality of Iris web application. This mobile application provides the taxpayers a quick and on-the-go access of basic verification features like Active Taxpayers List (ATL), Online NTN/STRN Inquiry, Exemption Certificate and CPR Utilization Status etc. A new and simplified functionality is provided under Tax Asaan mobile application for the users to get register for Sales Tax. Now … Continue reading Tax Asaan- FBR APP Initiative for Sales Tax

Back When Taxes Really Hurt

Medieval Serfs: Time spent working 3 days on their Lord’s land.3 days on their own land.1 day off for Church.= 50% effective tax on their time Ancient Egypt: Customs Taxes — 10% of animals and goods they carried that crossed the seaAgricultural taxTax on cooking oil Greece: Wartime Tax on everyone –> rescinded in peace timePoll tax on foreigners without Athenian mother and father1 drachma … Continue reading Back When Taxes Really Hurt

New Microsoft Excel Feature

No matter what changes Microsoft makes to its software or how much fresh competition it faces across its suite of products, one thing remains true: spreadsheet junkies use Excel. Shipped for the first time 34 years ago, Excel is the default product used for entering data and performing calculations, and it’s continued to be a key piece of Microsoft Office, which is still a huge … Continue reading New Microsoft Excel Feature

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SMALL BUSINESS: Financial Statements

As a small business owner, you wear a lot of hats. One of those hats might be CFO, but even if it isn’t, you need to have a basic understanding of financial statements for small business and what each one tells you. Knowing how to read and understand financial statements is useful not only for your business but also for personal finances, work on volunteer … Continue reading SMALL BUSINESS: Financial Statements

Motor Spirit and High Speed Diesel Oil- capacity increased

The overall storage capacity of Motor Spirit (MS) and High Speed Diesel (HSD) oil witnessed around 13.07 percent increase during the fiscal year 2018-19 as compared to the corresponding year. According to official data – the storage capacity for both the MS and HSD oil has been increased from 1,712,691 MT to 1,936,550 MT during the period under review. The MS oil storage capacity was … Continue reading Motor Spirit and High Speed Diesel Oil- capacity increased