Times of Islamabad

FBR Chief reveals massive growth in tax returns filing in Pakistan

FBR Chief reveals massive growth in tax returns filing in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD – The tax returns per day had risen by a whopping 127 percent ascompared to last year, informed Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) ChairmanShabbar Zaidi.

In a Twitter post, the FBR chief shared details of the tax return filed sofar. As per the records, the number of tax returns filed in 2019 tillOctober 25 stand at 918,027, as compared to 585,209 tax returns filed inthe same period last year.

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The records further showed that the average tax returns filed per day in2019 stood at 18,735 as compared to 8,242 tax returns filed per day in thesame period last year.

The FBR chairman further informed that from November 1, 2019 strictenforcement will be made against unauthorised interaction between FBR staffand business community. “Business community is suggested to report to FBRif any person contact through any manner without proper authorisation. Noharassment,” he tweeted.