Why Prime Minister Imran Khan is Angry With FBR?
The revenue board informed the premier that it has completed tax recoveries worth Rs 404 billion from different sugar mills
Prime Minister Imran Khan got angry at the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for failing to collect tax from sugar mills owned by political figures and government officials.
Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) officials submitted a report to show recovery of Rs 404 billion under taxes from different sugar mills.
However, it could not please Imran Khan after he learned that no recoveries were made from the sugar mills owned by people in the government or belong to politics.
The incomplete investigation against Jahangir Tareen Group, Khusro Bakhtiar Group, Humayun Akhtar Group, and Sharif Family also turned the prime minister furious.
In its report, the revenue board informed the premier that it has completed tax recoveries worth Rs 404 billion from different sugar mills.
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However, the action did not include mills that were owned by political personalities or those part of the government.
FBR stated that an investigation against 21 such sugar mills on tax evasion was already underway.
At this, Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed extreme displeasure and directed FBR to compile a report after an indiscriminate action against the sugar mafia.
