{"id":532,"date":"2026-07-06T09:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aitadal.com.pk\/eng\/?p=532"},"modified":"2026-07-06T09:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:26:09","slug":"prize-bond-winners-to-pay-15-or-30-tax-under-july-2026-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aitadal.com.pk\/eng\/prize-bond-winners-to-pay-15-or-30-tax-under-july-2026-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Prize Bond Winners to Pay 15% or 30% Tax Under July 2026 Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"280\" data-end=\"447\">People who win prize bond draws will continue to pay the same withholding tax after the <strong data-start=\"368\" data-end=\"391\">Finance Act 2026-27<\/strong> came into force at the start of the new financial year.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"449\" data-end=\"684\">Under the latest tax rules, <strong data-start=\"477\" data-end=\"494\">active filers<\/strong> will pay <strong data-start=\"504\" data-end=\"518\">15 percent<\/strong> tax on prize money, while <strong data-start=\"545\" data-end=\"559\">non-filers<\/strong> will continue to face a <strong data-start=\"584\" data-end=\"598\">30 percent<\/strong> deduction. The government has not announced any increase or reduction in these rates.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"686\" data-end=\"939\">Prize bonds remain one of Pakistan&#8217;s most trusted savings options because they are backed by the government and can be redeemed at any time. Instead of earning monthly profit, investors enter scheduled draws where lucky bond holders receive cash prizes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"941\" data-end=\"1114\">The scheme is available in several denominations, including <strong data-start=\"1001\" data-end=\"1058\">Rs200, Rs750, Rs1,500, Rs7,500, Rs15,000 and Rs40,000<\/strong>, making it accessible to people with different budgets.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1116\" data-end=\"1344\">The next draw will be held for the <strong data-start=\"1151\" data-end=\"1171\">Rs750 prize bond<\/strong> in <strong data-start=\"1175\" data-end=\"1202\">Lahore on July 15, 2026<\/strong>. The first prize has been set at <strong data-start=\"1236\" data-end=\"1253\">Rs1.5 million<\/strong>, while thousands of bond holders across the country are expected to take part in the draw.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1346\" data-end=\"1533\">Financial experts say investors should keep their tax records updated and remain on the Active Taxpayers List (ATL), as this can significantly reduce the amount deducted from prize money.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1535\" data-end=\"1762\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Although prize bonds are often purchased in the hope of winning a major cash prize, they also remain a secure way to save money because the original investment can be claimed back whenever the holder chooses to encash the bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People who win prize bond draws will continue to pay the same withholding tax after the Finance Act 2026-27 came into force at the start of the new financial year. Under the latest tax rules, active filers will pay 15 percent tax on prize money, while non-filers will continue to face a 30 percent deduction. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[164,165],"class_list":["post-532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pakistan","tag-pakistan-prize-bond","tag-prize-bond-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aitadal.com.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aitadal.com.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aitadal.com.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aitadal.com.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aitadal.com.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aitadal.com.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":534,"href":"https:\/\/aitadal.com.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532\/revisions\/534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aitadal.com.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aitadal.com.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aitadal.com.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aitadal.com.pk\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}