ISLAMABAD According to News, which cited sources, the federal government has planned to tighten the noose for non-tax filers, suggesting that they be prohibited from traveling abroad.
According to the budget proposal, non-filers will be required to pay a 75 percent tax on mobile phone calls. According to the sources, there is also a proposal to stop exempting electric vehicles valued at more than $50,000 from paying taxes.
The federal government has also proposed imposing additional taxes on non-filers as a means of bringing them into the tax system. Through the enforcement of tax laws, the FBR hopes to increase tax collection.
It is important to note that the non-filers’ SIM cards were stopped by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in the first phase, and in the second phase, their gas and electricity connections may also be cut off.
ARY News claimed on Wednesday, citing sources, that the will send notices to them.
According to sources, “the non-filers mobile phone sims, electricity, and gas will be disconnected in case they do not reply.”
According to insiders, “the process of blocking sims of non-filers will continue in the next financial year.”
