{"id":117413,"date":"2026-07-07T11:53:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T06:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=117413"},"modified":"2026-07-07T12:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T07:20:41","slug":"coca-cola-and-pepsi-get-major-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/coca-cola-and-pepsi-get-major-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Coca-Cola and Pepsi get major tax relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"81\" data-end=\"323\">ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government has reportedly resolved the long-running tax dispute between the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and beverage giants<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/film-awards-16-postponed-in-dubai-amid-rising-regional-tensions\/\"> Coca-Cola<\/a> and Pepsi, providing significant relief to the companies, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"325\" data-end=\"510\">As part of amendments to the Finance Bill 2026, the government has abolished the 20% Federal Excise Duty (FED) on low-sugar sports drinks, including Gatorade and Revive.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"512\" data-end=\"697\">Sources said the exemption applies to hydration drinks containing less than 5 grams of sugar per 100 milliliters, effectively removing the excise duty on this category of beverages.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"699\" data-end=\"873\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">According to sources, the U.S. Embassy had also urged the Pakistani government to address tax and customs issues faced by beverage manufacturers operating in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government has reportedly resolved the long-running tax dispute between the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and beverage giants Coca-Cola and Pepsi, providing significant relief to the companies, according to sources. As part of amendments to the Finance Bill 2026, the government has abolished the 20% Federal Excise Duty (FED) on low-sugar sports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":117418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,2],"tags":[43583],"class_list":["post-117413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-coca-cola-and-pepsi-get-major-tax-relief"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117413"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117416,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117413\/revisions\/117416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}