ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has published statistics on market tax filers on Wednesday, according to which in Karachi markets around 85000 have been registered as filers at Tariq Road, Goli Mar, DHA, Gulistan Johar and Clifton.
The tax collection from these registered filers is around Rs30 billion. Of this, 18744 are big taxpayers who paid Rs29.94 billion.
Similarly, in Lahore markets around 3925 have been registered as filers at Anarkali, Mall road, Hafiz Centre and Liberty. The tax collection from these registered filers is around Rs560 million. Of this, 466 are big taxpayers paid Rs530 million.
In Faisalabad markets, around 2266 have been enumerated as filers at Kutchri, Rail Bazar, Anarkali and Chinot. The tax collection from these filers is around Rs140 million, out of which Rs125 million were paid by big taxpayers who are 170 in number.
In Islamabad markets, around 6428 have been recorded as filers at Supermarket, blue area, Jinnah super and F10 Markaz. Tax collection from these registered filers is around Rs 1.93 billion out of which Rs1.68 million were paid by big taxpayers, 2065 in number.
Meanwhile in in Rawalpindi markets around 6580 have been recorded as filers at Commercial Market, Saddar, Raja Bazar, Murree Road. Tax collection from these registered filers is around Rs1.09 billion out of which Rs1.02 billion were paid by big taxpayers, 1061 in number.
