To tax retailers in Pakistan, the Tajir Dost app was released. The sources stated that the government hopes to tax 3.5 million merchants through the app.
Ajmal Baloch, the president of All-Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajran, stated that he made reservations with FBR on the SRO within a week.
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), according to him, cannot be a “Tajir Dost” because of its unethical actions.
Baloch believed that since electricity bills allow traders to pay a predetermined advance income tax, further taxes are unnecessary.
The trader, according to him, is already paying thirteen different kinds of taxes on the commercial meter. “A trader already pays between Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 20,000 in taxes annually, but you are requesting Rs. 1,200 per month in taxes.”
Mr. Ajmal summoned representatives of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to a meeting with the trade associations to talk about the indirect taxes that the merchants are paying.
Additionally, he claimed that FBR officers are charging the traders, the majority of whom are less educated, “monthly charges.”
