On Monday, the government defended the recently issued tax laws law (amendment), 2025, and described it as a focused intervention to deliver legal and administrative gaps to implement taxes and recover revenues.
The law was signed by President Asif Ali Zardari on May 2, the decree provides the so -called Financial Department “only three specific amendments, legal and administrative gaps and enforcement in the tax system.”
The first amendment enhances the supervision of the FBR employees (FBR) who visit private sector companies. The Finance Department said that these visits must be approved through the messages symbolized in the bar, with all procedures registered via mobile devices. Officers must complete the unified models provided electronically and in a paper version to the FBR headquarters.
The statement said: “The behavior of these officers is closely monitored by civil intelligence agencies, and any case of misconduct – whether they are marked through intelligence or reporting by private companies – are immediately investigated and addressed.” A weekly report on monitoring activities is also submitted to the Prime Minister.
The second amendment deals with Articles 138 (3A) and 140 (6A) of the Tax Law, which allows the immediate recovery of confirmed tax demands even if the appeal is suspended, provided that the issue has already been identified by the Supreme Court or the Supreme Courts.
“This amendment addresses the long -term limits for litigation that affects the revenues … where the constitutionality of tax rulings has been challenged,” the statement said, noting that “billions in confirmed revenue have remained unreasonable despite the rulings of the clear court.”
The Finance Department explained that the ruling does not apply to the decisions issued by the low appeal forums such as Commissioners, the Appeal of Commissioners, or the courts of appealing internal revenues. The department said: “It is completely limited to cases where the highest courts have already been dismissed in this regard and there is no residence.”
The third amendment, under Article 175C, allows FBR to deploy employees to monitor revenues for luxury services and sectors with high turns still outside the current sales tax network. These include hotels, high -end restaurants, juvenile companies, and screaming companies.
“These traditional merchants who are already organized under Article 40 B” are not targeted, the statement explained. “The goal is to address horizontal inequality in the tax base, because the tax burden has decreased inappropriately on individuals and manufacturers with wages.”
All monitoring will be made according to this item “transparently, under the precisely defined SOPS, and in coordination with other organizational authorities to prevent transcendence or harassment.”
