FBR sends 13m notices in 3 years
Senate panel says surge in notices indicates growing harassment of taxpayers
The FBR informed the standing committee that about Rs1.34 trillion were due against 683,141 people and companies and the FBR has served them notices. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) served nearly 13 million tax notices to non-filers in three years but just one out of every ten of them cared to respond, showing weakened writ of the tax machinery and also its highhandedness.
From fiscal year 2018-19 to 2020-21, the FBR served 12.8 million tax notices to non-filers of the income tax returns, the FBR informed the Senate Standing Committee on Finance on Wednesday.