LAHORE: The Regional Tax Office –II has recovered Rs 0.5 million directly from the salary of cricketer Muhammad Hafeez against his tax liability of Rs 3.7 million, sources told Customs Today here Tuesday.
The sources said that FBR issued notices to the PCB COO and CFO directing them to deposit the cricketer’s salary in the FBR accounts as he was tax defaulter for the period of tax year 2010-11.
The PCB officials, in compliance, deducted the salary of the cricketer and deposited it in the FBR accounts.
The sources informed that the FBR RTO-II, in order to recover the tax liability from the cricketer, has already seized his 26 bank accounts. However, it failed to recover any amount from these accounts.
The operation against the cricketer was conducted on the instructions of RTO-II chief commissioner, the sources informed.
The tax liability amount payable against cricketer Muhammad Hafeez will be deducted from his next salary.
