Unless telecom operators block the SIMs of 500,000 non-filers by May 15, FBR is reportedly planning legal action against them.
According to sources, the FBR has conferred with its legal counsel in order to challenge telecom providers, such as PTA, in the Islamabad High Court for failing to abide by directives to disable non-filers’ SIM cards.
Sources also stated that the FBR and Ministry of Finance have decided to take legal action against PTA and telecom providers for failing to carry out the directives to block the SIM cards of non-filers even after more than ten days had passed.
Following a nationwide impasse over the barring of recognized non-filers’ mobile SIMs, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and telecom operators took action.
Tight sources on the matter disclosed that, citing operational and technical challenges, the Cellular Mobile Companies declined to disable the SIM cards of 506,000 taxpayers who had been recognized as non-compliant.
Reportedly, telecom providers argued in a statement that executing FBR’s regulations presents legal challenges.
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) called for the authorities to disable the SIM cards of over 506,000 identified non-compliant taxpayers nationwide on April 30, issuing a general income tax order. This is important to note.
