ISLAMABAD: NADRA has no data which could lead to detect wealthy tax defaulters. These rumors are baseless that NADRA has data of 3.2 million tax defaulters .
Talking to Customs Toady, senior member Inland Revenue (Policy) Shahid Hussain Asad confirmed the reports that NADRA did not have any such data. He also said that during the recent past, the FBR authorities asked NADRA to provide the data of tax defaulters, but after repeated reminders NADRA did not comply with its commitment.
Shahid Hussain Asad said that now the FBR is itself collecting data of wealthy tax defaulters through its own resources. He further said that nowadays we are keep a close eye on persons who are purchasing properties in posh areas, purchasing luxurious vehicles, and travelling abroad frequently.
He said we seek assistance in this regard from different departments. Shahid Hussain Asad went on to say that we are the people of normal economy and normal economy enable to support non-filers.
It is pertinent to mention here that that ex finance minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh during the tenure of PPP government said that NADRA have data of atleast seven lakh wealthy individuals who are not paying taxes willfully. Shahid Hussain Asad said that after that we sends many reminders to NADRA asking them to provide us the details of defaulters but they failed to abide the same. After a passage of some time the then chairman NADRA was changed.
Now during the tenure of present government NADRA says that it posses the data of 32 lakh wealthy tax defaulters but when we approached them to provide the data they are using delaying tactics in this regard.
