Times of Islamabad

FBR rings alarm bells for the Tax Evaders

FBR rings alarm bells for the Tax Evaders

LAHORE : Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued final recovery noticesto 3200 tax evaders for depositing their taxes.

These evaders including the owners of the commercial centers, commercialplazas, markets, hotels, restaurants, marriage halls and industrial unitswere still lying reluctant to deposit their prolonged pending taxes despitethe passage of final date, in Gujranwala division’s all the six Sialkot,Narowal, Gujrat, Mandi Bahaud Din, Hafizabad and Gujranwala districts here.

They were the defaulters of Rs.1.5 billion taxes as well, the officialsadded.

The senior FBR officials said that the FBR special teams were scrutinizingall the tax cases, saying that the FBR will also issue the same notices to5000 more tax payers for not submitting their tax returns or concealing thefacts in this regard.