ISLAMABAD - PTI government has decided to abolish the broadening of tax base zones setup in major cities across the Pakistan.
The government has decided to abolish the broadening of tax base (BTB) zones set up in major cities to trace people that remain outside of the tax net despite enjoying lavish lifestyles, pushing the critical issue down on its priority list.
The task of broadening the tax base and cases initiated by these zones in the past have been assigned to the Inland Revenue Operations wing of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). But the Inland Revenue wing’s plate is already full with the routine function of tax collection.
The competent authority has decided that BTB zones may be abolished and their jurisdictions may be assigned to zonal commissioners, according to a communiqué that the FBR sent to the BTB zones last week.
FBR Chairman Syed Shabbar Zaidi confirmed that the special zones had been abolished. But he said that the broadening function could not be treated separately from the regular Inland Revenue functions.