ISLAMABAD – The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has started crackdownagainst the richest tax evaders of Pakistan.
As per media report, FBR has started a crackdown against 167 affluentpeople residing in Islamabad, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Abbotabad, Lahore,Karachi and Hyderabad who have evaded taxes while buying properties andvehicles worth billions of rupees.
FBR gathered information about the richest people and has sent the detailsin a list to the relevant regional tax offices.
The details include their names, Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC)numbers and financial information including pre-tax incomes for 2013-14 andonwards.
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Details of the total taxable income and applicable taxes have also beensent and it is expected that notices asking the people to explain theirsources of income will be sent by the next week.
According to the documents, 24 of the richest tax evaders identified in thelist belong to Islamabad while 23 belong to Lahore. A total of 20 peopleeach from Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Abbotabad, Karachi, Hyderabad andBahawalpur have also been included in the list.
