Overview Of FBR Tax Profiling System In Pakistan

Pakistan is a country of 200 million people, where only 1.8% of people are paying taxes. From which many of them show their income is less than the tax scale, and some of them pay less amount of tax. Only 950,000 people are there who are paying their actual tax amount according to their rate of income.

The government of Pakistan launched an online portal in 2019. Where data of all the citizens have been correlated from different databases, i.e., NADRA (National Database and Registration Authority), that portal consists of all types of data of specific citizens; from their family history to their income, from their travel history to their properties, from their bank account to their credit cards, all sort of data has been enlisted in that portal.

The government launched an online tax profiling system for the ease and awareness of citizens and for their encouragement towards paying tax. According to many people and politicians, this portal is not pursuing privacy settlement for their data. On the argument between people and the FBR (Federal Board Of Revenue) chief, people have shown the fear of their data being stolen or has public exposure.

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Where, on the other hand, FBR is defending this portal and marking it to be a safe place for data of citizens.

According to the government, any Pakistani national holding (CNIC/NICOP) can register himself in this FBR profiling system by using the internet and smart gadgets like computers, cellphones after undergoing some verification process.

Any of the citizens, by entering their CNIC/NICOP number paying a fee of Rs 500, and replying to some personal information, can be able to see his tax profile. According to their privacy policy, citizens can only access their profile; no one can access someone else's profile as it undergoes through the verification process.

FBR (Federal Board of Revenue) has set some conditions that are necessary to be eligible for registering. Those are:

• Should be Pakistani national, holding valid CNIC or NICOP.
• Having PTA registered mobile phone( only for Pakistani residents).
• Overseas Pakistani having a valid E-mail address.
• Age should be 18 or above.
• Have a transaction of 500 or above using debit/credit card.

Citizens can pay the fees using their debit /credit card. Additionally, Pakistanis can also pay via E- Sahulat NDRA franchise. They have made this portal safe and easy to use for the people. For the security and privacy purpose, they have asked the person to change the password of their account on the first go; to make it more safe and secure.

This web portal contains about 53 million citizen’s data, collected from different databases within reach of the government of Pakistan. Web postal is made as simple as it could be so that people can find their data and eligibility of paying text according to their income scale. 

How to use web portal: 

There are some steps, by following them, you can easily view your profile: 

1. Registration will be made by submitting the CNIC/NICOP number.
2. Follow the process by answering questions related to your personal information.
3. A code will be sent through the phone number or e-mail, which should be used as a password.
4. Login to your account.
5. Pay a fee of 500 rupees by debit or credit card.
6. View or download/ print your profile. 

These are simple steps through which you can get your FBR profile. Any of us can check their profile on this web portal anytime.