Prime Minister Imran Khan has on Saturday (today) praised the effortslinkofthe Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for achieving a “historic” milestone ofRs 4,000 billion in any year for the first time ever.
Taking to his Twitter handle, the premier wrote, “I commend efforts of FBRin crossing historic milestone of Rs 4,000 bn in any yr for first timeever. During Jul-May our collections reached Rs.4143 bn & still counting –18% higher than same period last yr. This reflects broad-based economicrevival spurred by govt policies.”
Earlier, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) had issued an explanation onthe news circulating about the customs dutylinkimposedon mobile phones.
According to the FBR, foreign travellers can register five mobile phones ontheir passports.
FBR further added that the difference between the payment of customs dutyand taxes on a phone worth more than $500 and the registration through anidentity card is about Rs 9,000.
The FBR says the V-Book module was being changed to close the gap and allowonly one phone under passport registration.
The FBR said efforts were being made to resolve the issue immediately andthe technical team was examining the V-book module, adding that the issueof accuracy of duties and taxes would be rectified by tomorrow.
Previously, the Federal Government had appointed Asim Ahmed as the newchairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
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Asim Ahmed, who is from the Inland Revenue group, is currently serving asMember Information Technology (IT).
The new chairman had replaced the incumbent head of the tax collectingbody, Javed Ghani who had retired on April 10.
On the other hand, FBR had warned taxpayers about emails related to theIncome Tax Defaulters list.
According to a statement issued by the FBR, the emails related to theincome tax defaulters list were fake and these fake emails are asking tocheck the income tax defaulters list.
According to the FBR, attempts were being made to obtain informationthrough phishing emails, so such fake emails should be completely ignoredand immediately informed the concerned authorities.
