PTA receives FBR letter for blockage of non-filers SIMs   

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has said that it has received the Federal Board of Revenue’s letter regarding blocking the SIMs of those who do not submit income tax returns.

Officials of PTI said that FBR’s letter was received through email on Monday evening and they will review the letter and take a decision on it.

It should be remembered that the FBR had issued an income tax general order to block the mobile phones of more than 66,000 people.

According to FBR, the income of these persons is eligible to file income tax returns, but these persons are not filing despite being able to file income tax returns. These persons are not included in the FBR active taxpayer list, so they file income tax returns. Mobile phone connections of non-users can be terminated at any time.

Earlier, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has identified 666,671 tax defaulters.

FBR has issued an Income Tax General Order to ban the mobile phones of more than 0.6million people. FBR has identified more than 606,000 people for blocking their mobile phones.

The income of more than 506,000 people can file income tax returns, but these people are not filing income tax returns despite being able to file them

FBR said that these people are not included in the FBR Active Tax Payer list, and mobile phone connections of non-filers of income tax returns can be stopped at any time. FBR said that instructions have been issued to PTA to close the SIM of tax defaulters.

All telecom companies have also been instructed to block the mobile phone SIM of tax defaulters and telecom companies and PTAs have been required to submit the implementation report by May 15.

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The Federal Board of Revenue said the order was issued to ensure the implementation of the provisions of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001.

 The objective of this initiative is to encourage these individuals to fulfill their tax obligations, this strategic initiative shows FBR’s commitment to tax compliance among taxpayers.