Purchasing property, car: Non-tax filers to face restriction: Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb on Tuesday said non-tax filers will have to face restrictions on purchasing property, vehicles and opening a bank account.

The government is taking serious measures to expand the tax network in the country and for this, some restrictions have been imposed on non-filers, he said while talking to a private television channel.

Whole sale sector, distributors, retailers and real estate would be brought into the tax-net in a proper manner, he said. Subsidy on wheat and sugarcane would be reduced through phase-wise system, he said.

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In reply to a question, he said, we have decided to implement tax uniformity in all the provinces of Pakistan. All the provinces would sign the new financial agreement to strengthen the system, he said.

To a question about increasing the number of tax filers, he said five hundred thousand additional filers have been brought into the tax-net this year.

Through NADRA and other resources, we have received the data of people, he said. He made it clear that high income earners would have to pay proper taxes to the government.