Shabbar Zaidi is a regular tax payer: FBR record refutes social media

ISLAMABAD: The newly appointed Chairman Federal Board of Revenue Syed Muhammad Shabbar Zaidi is a regular tax payer and paid Rs 17.89 million (Rs17,897,927) in the tax year 2018.

According to documents seen by APP the new FBR Chief having the CNIC: 42301-1740521-7, paid Rs 15.36 million (Rs15,369,849) for tax year 2017; Rs 11.2 million (Rs11,206,943) for tax year 2016 and Rs 7.3 million  Rs 7,369,820) for Tax year 2015.

Contrary to the social media reports and the report by a news channel, the FBR record clearly shows that Shabbar Zaidi has been filing his returns regularly.