LAHORE: The Regional Tax Office-II (RTO-II) of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has attached the bank accounts of the Punjab Auqaf Department due to tax evasion.
According to RTO sources, the Auqaf Department made payments to the contractors but failed to clear their tax amounts to the Inland Revenue Department.
After getting information and all legal process, Withholding Zone of Regional Tax Office-II (RTO-II) has frozen the bank accounts of Auqaf Department and recovered tax amount of Rs 4.2 million. On Tuesday, Assistant Commissioner Withholding Zone Talib Hussain along with his team, started action against the department and attached its bank accounts.
All outstanding dues were recovered from Auqaf and Religious Affairs Department accounts in Bank of Punjab. The Auqaf Department had made payments to the different contractors during the tax year 2015-16 and without clearing their tax liabilities.