SIALKOT: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has given official target of bringing 7,500 new taxpayers in Gujranwala region and 7,000 in Sialkot region under the tax net. Besides, a plan has been approved to establish new branches at the regional tax directorates in Sialkot and Gujranwala to facilitate the new taxpayers at the local level.
According to the senior FBR officials, the Gujranwala Regional Taxation Office (RTO) comprises Gujranwala and Hafizabad districts, where 7500 people would be brought under the tax net. Sialkot Regional Taxation Office (RTO) comprises on Sialkot, Gujrat and Narowal districts where 7000 people would be brought under the tax net.
The FBR also directed the authorities concerned to complete particulars of those people who had precious moveable, immovable, residential or commercial properties in the big housing schemes and have expensive vehicles. If these people had no NTN numbers, then the special tax notices should be sent to them after assessing actual worth of all their assets.
The FBR has given a deadline till June 30, 2016, as the FBR now established five special facilitation cells at RTO Sialkot and six such cells at RTO Gujranwala to facilitate the local taxpayers at local level…#
