ISLAMABAD – Number of Tax Payers in Pakistan hit highest level of historyin FY 2018-19.
The number of taxpayers in Pakistan has increased by 700,000 over the lastone year, according to a private media outlet.
As per the statistics shared by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), thetotal number of people who filed their tax returns rose by 700,000 to atotal of 2.154 million. Of these, some 700,000 are salaried people.
The FBR further said the proposals to impose fixed taxes are being mulledin order to bring the small and big business owners into the tax net.
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Hailing the rise in the numbers of people filing tax returns, Science andTechnology Minister Fawad Chaudhry had tweeted that so far 2.1 millionpeople had filed their tax returns, which was the highest in the FBR’shistory.
