Tax assaults
Sir: The
very honest, God-fearing industrialists of Faisalabad have decided to boycott
the regional tax office in that city because tax collectors have imposed a ban
on their entry. One of the reasons for this is that the tax men have not agreed
to settle sales tax disputes ‘amicably’ with tax defaulters, who apparently
think that they are paying much more tax than others in the country. Settling
disputes amicably means, of course, acceptance by the government of whatever
they pay as tax, which is a pittance.
Faisalabad,
it should be mentioned, is one region where the tax collected is not enough to
pay the salaries of the tax-collecting staff in that city. Being a major
industrial centre, one cannot understand why tax collection from Faisalabad is
so low. For every rupee paid to the tax collection staff, the tax collected
should be at least Rs 100. The Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) should sack all
its employees in the Faisalabad office, appoint contractors to recover
lost revenue and stop further tax evasion in that city.
Shakir Lakhani
Karachi
Karachi
Printed
in Daily Times, June 18, 2015
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