{"id":56748,"date":"2019-10-24T17:26:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T12:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=56748"},"modified":"2025-01-24T15:18:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T10:18:10","slug":"benami-transaction-ordinance-2019-expanding-definition-whistle-blower-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/benami-transaction-ordinance-2019-expanding-definition-whistle-blower-approved.html","title":{"rendered":"Benami Transaction Ordinance 2019&#8217;s expanded whistle-blower definition approved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Federal Cabinet has approved the amendment in the Benami Transaction (Prohibition) Ordinance 2019 on Tuesday regarding the expansion of the definition of a whistle-blower, according to news sources.<\/p>\n<p>The cabinet approved the inclusion of an entity and agency as a whistle-blower for the purpose of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/benami-properties-govt-to-introduce-ordinance-for-speedy-prosecution.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Benami Law<\/a>. The information gathered by the National Accountability Bureau and the Federal Investigation Agency will now be considered as a legal information source for tracing and identifying the real owners of Benami properties. These are properties that owners have retained in someone else\u2019s name in an attempt to avoid taxes or conceal the sources of their income.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/details-100000-kanals-benami-property-shared-pm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Details on 100,000 kanals of benami property shared with PM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi will likely promulgate the Ordinance before the Senate\u2019s next session, now that the Ordinance has the cabinet\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/three-adjudicating-authority-benches-formed-for-benami-properties.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Three adjudicating authority benches formed for Benami properties<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The government is also adjusting the Benami Transaction rules to incentivize whistle-blowing by paying a percentage of the recovered taxes to the whistle-blower, aside from income-tax related rewards. A summary has already been sent to the federal cabinet in this regard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Federal Cabinet has approved the amendment in the Benami Transaction (Prohibition) Ordinance 2019 on Tuesday regarding the expansion of the definition of a whistle-blower, according to news sources. The cabinet approved the inclusion of an entity and agency as a whistle-blower for the purpose of the Benami Law. The information gathered by the National Accountability Bureau and the Federal Investigation Agency will now be considered as a legal information source for tracing and identifying the real owners of Benami properties. These are properties that owners have retained in someone else\u2019s name in an attempt to avoid taxes or conceal the sources of their income. Read:\u00a0Details on 100,000 kanals of benami property shared with PM The President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi will likely promulgate the Ordinance before the Senate\u2019s next session, now that the Ordinance has the cabinet\u2019s approval. Read:\u00a0Three adjudicating authority benches formed for Benami properties The government is also adjusting the Benami Transaction rules to incentivize whistle-blowing by paying a percentage of the recovered taxes to the whistle-blower, aside from income-tax related rewards. 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