Ashtar Ali & Rahim LLP renders advice on Pakistan’s direct and indirect tax regimes, including corporate income tax, sales tax, federal excise, customs duties, and withholding obligations.

We assist clients with tax planning for mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, financing arrangements, and cross-border investments, drawing on a detailed understanding of statutory requirements and administrative practice. Our work includes guidance on compliance, documentation, tax governance frameworks, and engagement with the Federal Board of Revenue and provincial authorities.

The firm represents taxpayers in audits, assessments, recovery actions, and appellate proceedings before tax tribunals, High Courts, and regulatory forums. We assist clients in managing disputes, securing interim relief, and resolving complex issues relating to transfer pricing, input tax adjustments, refund claims, and classification matters. With offices in Lahore and Islamabad, we support businesses across Pakistan in navigating tax-law obligations and structuring commercial arrangements in a manner aligned with regulatory expectations and commercial objectives.

Key highlights include representing:

• Federal Board of Revenue in the matter of supertax on high-earning industries before the Supreme Court of Pakistan
• Ibrahim Holdings in a challenge to amendments withdrawing tax exemptions on inter-corporate dividends before the Lahore High Court
• Select Technologies (Pvt.) Limited in a challenge to the vires of various provisions of the Export Facilitation Scheme, 2021, pertaining to duties on input goods, before the Lahore High Court
• Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan Limited in a successful challenge to the vires of capacity tax before the Lahore High Court
• Northern Bottling Company (Pvt.) Limited in a successful challenge to the amendment of capacity tax rules before the Peshawar High Court