Over the last four months, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has discovered a Rs800 billion tax refund scam.
The Inland Revenue and Customs reforms were considered at a review meeting that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif convened. During this time, the board allegedly discovered the Rs800 billion tax refund fraud.
According to the conference, there are 83,579 outstanding tax cases totaling Rs3.2 trillion, of which about 63 cases, or Rs44 billion, have been settled as a consequence of various government measures.
In an effort to speed up the resolution of tax issues, the prime minister also ordered the creation of 100 tribunals.
The gathering also featured the identification of around five million new taxpayers, of whom fifteen thousand retailers have enrolled since April 1, 2024.
View more:More than 46,000 traders have signed up for the Tajir Dost Scheme: FBR.
The prime minister has instructed the tax authorities to promptly include the five billion tax evaders in the tax system and has placed a strong emphasis on working with merchants to improve system efficiency.
