LAHORE: : Director General Customs Intelligence and Investigations (I&I) Sales Tax and Income Tax, Haroon Khalid said the government had started tightening noose around tax evaders and over Rs 57 billion tax theft, evasion was detected by his department during last one year.
Talking to Customs Today Haroon said that the payment of tax is a national obligation and government has started legal proceedings against those who evade it.
He added that offices of their department are functioning in seven cities including Peshawar, Islamabad, Faisalabad, Lahore, Multan, Hyderabad and Karachi and only 22 officers deputed at these stations who detected the tax evasion cases in a year. He said the government had started getting FIRs registered against these tax evaders.
Haroon Khalid said the government was also taking action against tax officials who were found to be involved in extending undue favours to tax evaders for financial gains.
The director general further said that his department was proceeding against the tax evaders and thieves without tolerating any pressure. He said the department also detected Rs 270 million tax fraud by a Karachi-based cement factory that was involved in selling cement worth Rs 46 million daily through accounts of their employees.
