Caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has extended amnesty scheme of non-custom paid vehicles till April 6 while the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has taken notice of this scheme’s misuse.
After receiving request from the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), the interim PM extended amnesty registration scheme for non-custom paid vehicles till April 6.
The FBR sources have informed that total 32,000 non-custom paid vehicles including trucks, wagons, coasters, double cabins, Mercedes. BMW and other vehicles were registered till March 31 under amnesty scheme.
So far, over 9.5 billion rupees’ revenue was collected under this scheme and it is expected that further 4.5 billion’s revenue will be received till April 6, added the sources.
At the other hand, the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO), Shoaib Suddle, has taken notice of this scheme’s misuse over a newspaper story and demanded reports from the FBR and FIA.
The newspaper story revealed that without presentation of the vehicles, they were being registered under the amnesty scheme.