Taxes were avoided removing hundreds of billions with impunity
An employee calculates Pakistani rupees in a bank in Peshawar. – Reuters/file 1026 Taxpayers fail to pay Super Tax Costing Govt Rs167.9bn. 1,084 taxpayers claimed unacceptable business expenses. Hiding income results in RS54.2 billion in non -paid tax. ISLAMABAD: At a time when Pakistan needs desperately to increase its revenue and broaden its tax base, taxpayers continue to remove hundreds of billions of rupees with virtual impunity, while the Federal Revenue Council (FBR) does not. This intense picture comes from the Auditor General of Pakistan’s latest report on the financial year 2024-25, which has documented tax evasion and enforcement that





