Arif Alvi directs FBR to bring unregistered sugar dealers into tax net

The President of Pakistan, Dr Arif Alvi has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to bring into the tax net the unregistered sugar dealers.

According to media reports, the President has passed these directions while upholding a decision of the Federal Tax Ombudsman in Islamabad on Monday.

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Dr Arif Alvi has observed that despite making huge monetary transactions and the availability of their data with FBR, these unregistered buyers of sugar largely remain outside the tax net and are evading the prime national responsibility of paying taxes.

“Serious negligence and inefficiency on part of the field formations of FBR in the discharge of its duties was tantamount to maladministration,” he said, adding that FBR should strictly deal with unregistered sugar dealers to bring them to the tax net.