ISLAMABAD In just a few months, a clear case of tax fraud including the purported manipulation and breach of taxpayer data security led to massive fraudulent transactions totaling Rs84 billion and Rs14 billion in tax evasion.
According to official documents and background interviews, the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) investigated a complaint from a retired army officer and discovered a clear case of organized tax fraud with the active cooperation of IT guards for the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
A company in Zone-III, RTO-II, Karachi Annexure C, filed sales tax returns for the tax years September 2023 to January 2024, containing fake supplies of Rs81.434 billion with GST of Rs14.658, it was discovered during the examination of a complaint.
