ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf would launch a vigorous crackdown against the non-filers next month.

The relevant data of such people had been collected from different sources including national database registration authority, state bank and the department dealing with tax system across the country, Minister of State for Revenue Hammad Azhar said while talking to a private news channel.

The exact data of 152,000 account holders having offshore companies had found from different places, adding the data were collected through a department concerned sources. Hammad Azhar further said around 11 billion dollar had been traced which was found in the accounts of the people having offshore companies' established in some 29 countries. There are ten more countries where we will have more information soon, he said.

To a question, he said a strict action would be taken against non-filers from the next month, and no space would be provided to tax evaders, he added. The action would also be taken against those violating rules and avoiding tax on one pretext and the other.

To another question he said the information and data of such people had been collected who were deliberately not filing the tax forms.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2019
 

 

 

 

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