ISLAMABAD: Chairman Federal Board of Revenue Amjad Zubair Tiwana has said that mobile SIM, electricity and gas connections of non-filers will also be disconnected.
Senate Standing Committee on Finance met under the chairmanship of Salim Mandviwala.
Chairman FBR Amjad Zubair Tiwana told the committee that mobile SIM, electricity and gas connections of non-filers will also be disconnected.
Chairman FBR said that the rate of withholding tax on non-filers is also high, the mobile SIM and business of non-filers can also be closed.
According to Chairman FBR, there are people with annual income of more than 2 million in the list of Rs 500,000 non-filers. In the past these people have declared their income in the tax returns.
Amjad Zubair Tiwana said that those who become temporary filers only to buy a car, plot or house will have to pay additional tax.
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Earlier, Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Amjad Zubair Tiwana has said that 18 percent general sales tax will be imposed on processing and packaged flour, pulses, rice, sugar and spices from the next financial year.
