LAHORE: The offices of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), State Bank and different branches of National Banks were seen overcrowded as the public qued to file income tax returns before the September 30 deadline; however, the deadline has now been extended to October 31, Pakistan Today learnt on Monday. Interestingly, well-informed sources have revealed that thousands of government servants from different departments including Punjab Police, Child Protection Welfare Bureau, Agriculture Department, Education Department, Health Department, LDA, PHA did not submit their returns. Similarly, a crowd of residents of Walton cantonment board (WCB) were also present in the WCB office for the submission of their property tax and the national bank branch of WCB and Girja Chowk was full of people. While talking to Pakistan Today, an official of FBR informed that it was difficult to say that how many government employees did not file taxes therefore a list of non-filer and non-tax payers would be compiled in October. “We will grip non-tax payers because filing returns is a legal responsibility,” he said.

Source: Pakistan Today September 30, 2019 17:03 UTC