FBR starts kilns registration drive to levy taxes.

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Faisalabad: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)’s Regional Tax Office (RTO) Faisalabad, through a policy revision, recently mandated all operational kilns in the area to register with the tax authority, according to news sources. As per the publication, this decision was made in order to levy sales and income taxes on the selected kilns based on total income.

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Almost 50 kilns have been registered in the first phase of this process. It was noted that out of the estimated 700 kilns presently operating in the division, it was specifically the brick kiln owners that had failed to pay any Income and Sales Tax over the last decade — despite the issuance of notices.

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The local FBR authorities assessed the sales tax figures and send notices to the kiln owners. The authorities highlighted that the kiln owners were fixing brick prices themselves and haven’t consulted the concerned authorities in this regard.

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In response, the President of the Kiln Owners Association (Faisalabad region) Abdur Razzaq Bajwa said that the Pakistan Kiln Owners Association was in talks with the government and the FBR in order to devise a reasonable solution. Meanwhile, he urged the authorities to not issue notices until the matter has been resolved.