In a press release, FBR authorities informed that as many as 1.179 million tax returns submitted to the tax collecting body in first seven month of fiscal year 2017-2018, while the body collected 1.630 million tax returns in first seven month of current fiscal year 2018-2019.

The FBR said that the number of taxpayers as compared to the population of the country is very low.

For the purpose measures have been taken to increase the number of taxpayers in the country. The authorities further said that numbers of taxpayers will also be increased further in the end of the current fiscal year.