100 Ne Return Bhara, 2,593 Ne Naam Likhaya, FBR Ne Notice Chuna
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to move against non-compliant shopkeepers under the old law, planning a first notice carrying a Rs150,000 penalty. The decision follows 100 new retailers filing returns under the fixed tax scheme and paying an average of Rs32,000. The article says the penalty is many times the first-month penalty of Rs10,000 under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's third tax scheme for retailers in the past four years.
A total of 2,593 new retailers have registered under the new scheme, but only 100 opted to file returns. As of Wednesday, they had paid Rs3.2 million in income tax as their full and final liability for tax year 2026; the average of Rs32,000 was Rs7,000 higher than the minimum required. The scheme offered a 1% fixed income tax or a minimum of Rs25,000, with exemption from audit and the facility to deal in cash without installing digital machines.
According to the FBR, there were 4.3 million traders in Pakistan and only 600,000 were part of the tax system; the scheme targeted the remaining 3.7 million. FBR management plans to map 30,000 traders for the first notice, a target the article calls over-ambitious, and tax officials said at least 10,000 to 15,000 notices would go out under Section 114(4) of the Income Tax Ordinance. Traders' leader Ajmal Baloch said he still supported the scheme and, according to the article, alleged that someone within the government was trying to sabotage it through glitches in the online application.
Dekho babu, FBR ne dukandaaron ke liye fixed tax scheme nikali: 1 percent ya minimum Rs25,000, audit se chhutti, aur cash mein karobar karne ki suvidha. Phir bhi 2,593 registered retailers mein se sirf 100 ne return bhara, aur ausat Rs32,000 diya, jo minimum se Rs7,000 zyada hai. Matlab jin sau ne bhara, unhone toh bonus de diya.
Ab FBR kya karega? Pehle mahine ke Rs10,000 jurmane ke badle ab Rs150,000 ka first notice. Yaani scheme ka incentive 'aao, aasaan hai' se badalke 'aa jao, warna' ho gaya. 4.3 million traders mein se sirf 6 lakh tax net mein, aur ab 30,000 ko map karne ka target, jise article khud over-ambitious kehta hai. Traders ke neta ka aarop hai ki system ke andar koi scheme sabotage kar raha hai. Hum kahenge, jahan glitch aur notice ek saath aayein wahan Prachand Chutiya Department ko sabse pehle bulaana chahiye.
FINAL VERDICTAaj ka 'Pyaar Se Mana Lo, Notice Se Daro' Samman FBR ko. Prachand Chutiya of the Fiscal Year tab milega jab baaki ke registered log bhi sochne lagenge.