Who Is Highest Tax Payer Politician In Pakistan?

TaxIslamabad: According to the Parliamentarians Tax Directory (PTD) of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for Fiscal year 2013-2014, a member of Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Arshad Javaid Warraich is the highest tax payer politician of Pakistan. Ch Arshad who belongs from PP-131 has filed Rs. 24,080, 068 as a highest income tax payer. Whereas Rs. 358,730, 260 is the total income tax filed during the fiscal year 2013-2014.

On the other hand, another member of Punjab Assembly Chaudhary M Asadullah belongs from PP-106 has paid highest AOP tax which is Rs 30, 854,717. However Rs 194, 472, 254 has been received as total AOP tax as only five members have paid AOP tax in 2013-2014. Although, this year Punjab Assembly has emerged as highest tax payer who has paid Rs84m in the name of income tax and Rs101m in AOP tax while Sindh Assembly paid Rs31.1m in income tax and Rs39.5m in AOP tax, KP Assembly paid Rs26.5m in income tax and Rs9.8m in AOP tax, Balochistan Assembly paid Rs8.8m in income tax and Rs0.1m in AOP tax.

There are several renowned parliamentarians of different parties such as PML-N,PPP, MQM, and PTI have mentioned in the list of Parliamentarians Tax Directory (PTD) with their paid income tax.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)

Nawaz Sharif: Rs2,611,037

Shahbaz Sharif: Rs5,125,545

Hamza Shahbaz Sharif: Rs4,888,122

Ishaq Dar: Rs2,286,702

Chaudhry Nisar: Rs641,284

Ayaz Sadiq: Rs327,895

Khawaja Asif: Rs311,638

Pervaiz Rasheed: Rs313,681

Raja Zafarul Haq: Rs99,446

Khawaja Saad Rafique: Rs2,041,936

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)

Raza Rabbani: Rs685,707

Khursheed Shah: Rs100,054

Rehman Malik: Rs17,379

Qaim Ali Shah: Rs111,772

Faryal Talpur: Rs 4,823,739

Sharjeel Memon: Rs1,589,564

Aitzaz Ahsan: Rs12,474,875

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)

Imran Khan: Rs218,237

Shireen Mazari: Rs1,121,005

Shah Mehmood Qureshi: Rs1,533,731

Pervez Khattak: Rs660,619

Asad Umar: Rs489,457

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)

Farooq Sattar: Rs89,935

Syed Ali Raza Abidi: Rs493,890

Abdul Rashid Godil: Rs31,377

However here are the name of some other parliamentarians whose names are also featured in PTD

Sheikh Rasheed: Rs303,893

Maulana Fazlur Rehman: Rs15,688

Ahmad Bilour: Rs835,893

Mehmood Khan Achakzai: Rs15,688

Hasil Bizenjo: Rs29,818

Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao: Rs1,688,917

It is worth mentioning here that Rs258,630,039 tax was received by FBR during FY2012-2013 which was half the amount of tax filed in 2013-2014. Tariq Nisar was the first highest tax payer who paid Rs189,910,478 whereas second highest tax payer was Mohammad Naeem Mukhtar who paid Rs159,149,750.

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