ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to expand its investigations into Rs 770 million tax evasion case by the country’s top cellular company, Q-Mobile. After lodging a case against it for alleged theft of customs duty, now it has been decided to also bring income tax and sales tax into the investigation process.
Talking to Customs Today, FBR spokesperson and member of the Inland Revenue Policy Shahid Hussain Asad said that evidence is being collected against the company regarding customs duty evasion. “Companies and individuals who get financial benefits from this country, they should return the same benefits to the exchequer in shape of taxes. If we want to make Pakistan a prosperous country, we have to pay taxes,” he added.
He said that officers of Inland Revenue have been given special instructions to start investigations against all those companies and persons who are involved in any kind of tax theft. These people should voluntarily become part of the tax system, otherwise the system will forcibly bring them into the net, he concluded.
