{"id":61964,"date":"2020-02-26T16:42:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T11:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61964"},"modified":"2020-02-26T16:42:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T11:42:37","slug":"fbr-empower-officials-dealings-with-tax-defaulters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-empower-officials-dealings-with-tax-defaulters.html","title":{"rendered":"FBR to grant more powers to officials dealing with tax defaulters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is deliberating on relaxing the restrictions placed on its officials during their dealings with tax defaulters, according to news sources. As per the publication, the said restrictions pertain to the officials\u2019 ability to conduct raids and freeze bank accounts of accused individuals without first needing permission from the FBR chairman or the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/benami-act-to-finally-come-into-effect.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" Member Inland Revenue (IR) Operations (opens in a new tab)\"> Member Inland Revenue (IR) Operations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-monitor-real-estate-jewellery-transactions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"FBR to monitor real estate, jewellery transactions to curb terror financing under FATF regulations (opens in a new tab)\">FBR to monitor real estate, jewellery transactions to curb terror financing under FATF regulations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the information available, the tax authority made the decision to allow the corporate regional tax offices (RTOs) and Commissioners Inland Revenue of Large Taxpayers Units (LTUs) to take action against tax defaulters without first getting approvals from the FBR or IR. However, the RTOs are still required to obtain prior approval from the IR chief commissioner before proceeding with each case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/karachi-marriage-halls-found-evade-pkr-9-5bn-tax-four-years-fbr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Karachi marriage halls found to evade PKR 9.5bn tax in four years: FBR (opens in a new tab)\">Karachi marriage halls found to evade PKR 9.5bn tax in four years: FBR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously,\nthese restrictions were imposed by Chairman FBR Syed Shabbar Zaidi when he\nassumed charge in May 2019. However, the tax authority is considering relaxing\nthese restrictions in order to recover the defaulted amount. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly,\nthese recent developments are a result of the FBR\u2019s efforts to recover PKR\n2.838 trillion in the last five months of the fiscal year (FY 2019-20) so that it\ncan meet the annual tax collection target of PKR 5.238 trillion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is deliberating on relaxing the restrictions placed on its officials during their dealings with tax defaulters, according to news sources. As per the publication, the said restrictions pertain to the officials\u2019 ability to conduct raids and freeze bank accounts of accused individuals without first needing permission from the FBR chairman or the Member Inland Revenue (IR) Operations. Read: FBR to monitor real estate, jewellery transactions to curb terror financing under FATF regulations According to the information available, the tax authority made the decision to allow the corporate regional tax offices (RTOs) and Commissioners Inland Revenue of Large Taxpayers Units (LTUs) to take action against tax defaulters without first getting approvals from the FBR or IR. However, the RTOs are still required to obtain prior approval from the IR chief commissioner before proceeding with each case. Read: Karachi marriage halls found to evade PKR 9.5bn tax in four years: FBR Previously, these restrictions were imposed by Chairman FBR Syed Shabbar Zaidi when he assumed charge in May 2019. However, the tax authority is considering relaxing these restrictions in order to recover the defaulted amount. Reportedly, these recent developments are a result of the FBR\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":59990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15015],"tags":[21036,19230,21038,21037,21039,5162],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-legal-taxation","8":"tag-fbr-to-grant-more-powers-to-officials-dealing-with-tax-defaulters","9":"tag-federal-board-of-revenue-fbr","10":"tag-large-taxpayers-units","11":"tag-member-inland-revenue-ir-operations","12":"tag-rtos","13":"tag-tax-defaulters","14":"cat-15015-id"},"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 empower officials in dealings with tax defaulters- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"FBR is deliberating on relaxing the restrictions placed on its officials during their dealings with tax defaulters, according to news sources\" \/>\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-empower-officials-dealings-with-tax-defaulters.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FBR to empower officials in dealings with tax defaulters- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FBR is deliberating on relaxing the restrictions placed on its officials during their dealings with tax defaulters, according to news sources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-empower-officials-dealings-with-tax-defaulters.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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