FBR Chairman: Tax-to-GDP to 18% by FY28, Evaders on Notice

ISLAMABAD: FBR Chairman Rashid Mehmood Langrial dropped a bombshell roadmap — tax-to-GDP to hit 18% by FY28 through ruthless base expansion and iron-fist enforcement. At the PBC seminar, he revealed current ratio is a pathetic 10.33% (federal 9.48%, provinces 0.85%) — plan: federal to 15%, provinces to 3% in three years. Langrial bragged FBR now holds dossiers on every tax evader, with automation, digitalisation, and track-and-trace as the main weapons. Sugar sector already 100% documented. But he torched textile spinning (1.5M untraced bales in Faisalabad) and medical mafia — 90% hospitals cash-only, only 150K doctors on rolls paying Rs2M/year despite lavish lifestyles. On exporters’ 2% final tax, he said it can go if it hurts growth. Super tax and high corporate rates? “No justification” — cuts coming when fiscal space allows.