COAS filed tax returns a month before due date, says FBR

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board Revenue (FBR) on Wednesday said Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa filed his tax returns a month before the due date.

Dr Hamid Atiq, a member of the FBR, said a total of Rs393 million tax was collected from the Pakistan army.

He said the military is the most active institution in terms of filing of tax returns, adding that the trend of submission of tax returns is high in the institution.

A day earlier, Minister of State for Revenue Hammad Azhar announced that the government has decided to waive a penalty imposed on late filers of tax returns for years preceding 2017-18.

In a tweet, the minister said: “The government has decided to waive the penalty for late filing along with audit for Salaried Group of late filer cases. These cases were selected for audit and penalty was prescribed by the previous government.”

He reiterated the government’s resolve to facilitate the people in filing tax returns.