LAHORE: FBR has taken back notices issued to national cricket players including Captain Misbah-ul Haq as an outcome of their meeting with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar recently.
As per details, FBR issued notices to cricket players due to non-payment of their taxes but after fruitful meeting with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, the Board decided to reverse the notices of cricketers including skipper Misbah-ul Haq, Mohammad Hafiz, Azhar Ali and Umer Akmal.
As per notices issued by FBR to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the said players were asked to pay tax on their incomes earned from PCB. However, after that meeting the notices were taken back while the bank account of cricketer Umer Akmal was also reinstated which was seized after the tax notice.
Furthermore, according to those notices, skipper Misbah-ul Haq had to pay Rs 3.9 million, Mohammad Hafiz Rs3.6 million, Umer Akmal Rs 2.6 million while Azhar Ali had to pay Rs2.5 million but after successful meeting with Finance Minister in which players had informed the minister about their reservations on their taxes and requested him to direct FBR to resolve the matter. Now FBR has reversed the notices issued to national cricketers.
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