FBR displays assets information of people on its portal

FBR displays assets information of people on its portal

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has made public the information of assets and transactions of people on its official portal in order to aware people to understand their responsibility for paying taxes.

The FBR posted the information of asset inquiry at https://iris.fbr.gov.pk/public/txpAILogin.xhtml so people can access to the database about what the FBR had information about them.

The access to database has been made secured with login and password. A person can access to the information by providing CNIC number.

The FBR said that once a person logged in he would able to view the information including assets and transactions made by him through various sources.

FBR sources said that the purpose of displaying the information was to ensure people that the tax authorities had sufficient information to take harsh measures against non-compliant taxpayers.

The sources said that if a person believes that any asset or transactions does not belong to him then he should contact the FBR for the rectification.

The FBR asked those people having undeclared assets and money to avail the Asset Declaration Scheme on or before June 30, 2019 in order to avoid action by tax authorities.

It also said that the information at its website was posted so people should not have confusion about future course of action by the FBR.