This important national security objective can only be achieved, he said, once the CNIC re-verification drive comes to a successful end with elimination of aliens from NADRA's database.

The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has ruled that the Finance Act, 2015 requires the Computerised National Identity Card number (13 digits) to replace the National Tax Number (7 digits) by virtue of ...

“Since the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has started using CNIC as an alternative to NTN, the move will widen the tax base instead of narrowing it,” he said.

However, if a taxpayer was not ready to verify NTN data, the Master Index had to be cleansed. Total 16,000 leading taxpayers, who are also importers, are operating under NTN Master Index.

THE government has decided to re-verify all CNICs. On the interior minister’s directives, Nadra authorities are busy with formulating a procedure how to do it. This seems to be an unnecessary ...

The member clarified that from July 1, tax payment without NTN/CNIC number would not be accepted in the new automated system. Moreover, the requirement of NTN/CNIC would also be essential for ...

Once implemented, said Siddiqui, the change would be permanent. Currently, there are 2.9 million people in the country with an NTN, which is required for any person filing their tax returns.

ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday said that only companies will be issued National Tax Numbers (NTN) from now onwards while the Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC ...