LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) served a notice on the Irrigation Department for not paying excise duty.
The Federal Board of Revenue issued this notice as on initial notices irrigation department did not pay any attention towards paying tax.
Sources said the Department of Irrigation had to pay excise duty of Rs400million. The FBR allotted a timeframe of 15 days to submit the remaining taxes and ordered strict inquiry otherwise.
The Federal Board of Revenue started a crackdown on tax defaulters including actors, singers, businessmen and bureaucrats for avoiding submission of income tax statements.