{"id":48509,"date":"2019-02-01T12:38:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T07:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=48509"},"modified":"2019-02-01T12:38:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T07:38:54","slug":"fbr-to-investigate-over-2000-wealthy-tax-evaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-to-investigate-over-2000-wealthy-tax-evaders.html","title":{"rendered":"FBR to investigate over 2,000 wealthy tax evaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to investigate over 2,000 high-net-worth individuals in the country \u2013 a news source reported.<\/p>\n<p>The board has forwarded a list of these individuals to its regional tax offices. This list comprises businessmen, lawyers, landlords, and several high-profile politicians.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/family-tree-data-to-be-given-to-fbr.html\">Family tree data to be given to FBR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Preliminary investigations have revealed that over 2,000 Pakistanis own assets and properties abroad. These include factories, flats, agricultural land, and companies worth billions of rupees.<\/p>\n<p>However, the individuals in question have paid little to no tax on their held properties and assets. As such, the FBR has directed its regional directorates to recover all such evaded taxes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-proposes-provisional-assessment-to-recover-taxes.html\">FBR proposes provisional assessment to recover taxes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the board had sought a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/report-sought-on-owners-of-expensive-properties.html\">report on individuals owning expensive properties<\/a> nationwide. It tasked the departments concerned to prepare a list of the top 15 individuals owning high-end residential and commercial properties.<\/p>\n<p>According to FBR, the cases in question had remained in a stayed condition for more than a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to investigate over 2,000 high-net-worth individuals in the country \u2013 a news source reported. The board has forwarded a list of these individuals to its regional tax offices. This list comprises businessmen, lawyers, landlords, and several high-profile politicians. Read: Family tree data to be given to FBR Preliminary investigations have revealed that over 2,000 Pakistanis own assets and properties abroad. These include factories, flats, agricultural land, and companies worth billions of rupees. However, the individuals in question have paid little to no tax on their held properties and assets. As such, the FBR has directed its regional directorates to recover all such evaded taxes. Read:\u00a0FBR proposes provisional assessment to recover taxes Earlier, the board had sought a report on individuals owning expensive properties nationwide. It tasked the departments concerned to prepare a list of the top 15 individuals owning high-end residential and commercial properties. According to FBR, the cases in question had remained in a stayed condition for more than a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":25713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[10223],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-48509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-fbr-to-investigate-over-2000-wealthy-tax-evaders"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FBR to investigate over 2,000 wealthy tax evaders - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to investigate over 2,000 high-net-worth individuals in the country \u2013 a news source reported.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-to-investigate-over-2000-wealthy-tax-evaders.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FBR to investigate over 2,000 wealthy tax evaders - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to investigate over 2,000 high-net-worth individuals in the country \u2013 a news source reported.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-to-investigate-over-2000-wealthy-tax-evaders.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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