{"id":79771,"date":"2021-09-17T12:10:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T07:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=79771"},"modified":"2021-09-17T17:07:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T12:07:21","slug":"fbr-to-terminate-utility-services-for-non-filers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-to-terminate-utility-services-for-non-filers.html","title":{"rendered":"FBR gets powers to terminate utility services for non-filers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The federal government issued an ordinance on Thursday (September 16) authorising the Federal Bureau of Revenue to disconnect utilities for non-filers who are not on the Active Taxpayer list (ATL), news sources reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/overseas-pakistanis-given-access-to-fbrs-iris-portal-for-filing-tax-returns.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Overseas Pakistanis given access to FBR\u2019s IRIS portal for filing tax returns<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision was taken to broaden the tax base in the country and get more people into the tax net. Following the promulgation of the ordinance, the FBR will be able to cut Sui-gas connections, power, mobile\/SIM cards, and bank accounts if the individual is registered but not on ATL. \u00a0Moreover, the board will discontinue gas and power for people and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-tier-1-retailers-integration.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tier-1 retailers<\/a> if they are unregistered, or if they are registered but not \u2018integrated in terms of section 3(9A) of the Sales Tax Act 1990\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-realtors-to-meet-fatf-requirements.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBR sought realtors\u2019 cooperation to meet FATF requirements<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The requirements are introduced in the Income Tax Ordinance 2001 under the new section 114B (powers to enforce return submission). The FBR will now be allowed to issue tax notifications to those who are required to submit tax returns, and if they do not do so, the actions will be implemented. Similarly, the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) is now required to provide information on people&#8217;s assets and liabilities with the FBR upon request. The FBR has also issued stern cautions to tax evaders to file returns by the deadline in order to avoid inconvenience and legal action. The requirements are more severe for Tier 1 retailers not registered with the tax authority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The federal government issued an ordinance on Thursday (September 16) authorising the Federal Bureau of Revenue to disconnect utilities for non-filers who are not on the Active Taxpayer list (ATL), news sources reported. Read: Overseas Pakistanis given access to FBR\u2019s IRIS portal for filing tax returns The decision was taken to broaden the tax base in the country and get more people into the tax net. Following the promulgation of the ordinance, the FBR will be able to cut Sui-gas connections, power, mobile\/SIM cards, and bank accounts if the individual is registered but not on ATL. \u00a0Moreover, the board will discontinue gas and power for people and Tier-1 retailers if they are unregistered, or if they are registered but not \u2018integrated in terms of section 3(9A) of the Sales Tax Act 1990\u2019. Read: FBR sought realtors\u2019 cooperation to meet FATF requirements The requirements are introduced in the Income Tax Ordinance 2001 under the new section 114B (powers to enforce return submission). The FBR will now be allowed to issue tax notifications to those who are required to submit tax returns, and if they do not do so, the actions will be implemented. Similarly, the National Database and Registration Authority&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":75334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016,15017],"tags":[48238,19230],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-79771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"tag-fbr-gets-powers-to-terminate-utility-services-for-non-filers","10":"tag-federal-board-of-revenue-fbr","11":"cat-15016-id","12":"cat-15017-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 gets powers to terminate utility services for non-filers - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The federal government issued an ordinance on Thursday (September 16) authorising the Federal Bureau of Revenue to disconnect utilities for\" \/>\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-terminate-utility-services-for-non-filers.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FBR gets powers to terminate utility services for non-filers - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The federal government issued an ordinance on Thursday (September 16) authorising the Federal Bureau of Revenue to disconnect utilities for\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-to-terminate-utility-services-for-non-filers.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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