ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has imposed penalty on a large number of tax officials, who failed to file their income tax returns for Tax Year 2013.
According to the FBR’s instructions issued to field formations, a large number of the board officers have not yet filed their Income Tax Returns for the tax year 2013. The authorities have taken exception to the situation and directed the defaulting officers to file their tax returns by June 16, 2014 along with penalty to be calculated as per provisions of section 182 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001. The officers who fail to file their IT return by the aforementioned date are informed that their Performance Allowance will be discontinued without any further notice.
The board through a notification has directed all Chief Commissioners-IR/ DGs/ Chief Collectors/ Collectors to circulate the directions to the officers working under their administrative control and furnish a report to the FBR on the compliance within three days at the end of the stipulated date.