They are charging you PKR 500 to create an account and have a look at your profile they have created. Now someone needs to ask these dumb asses why the heck people who don't file their income tax returns would pay Rs 500 to check what information you have about them. One thing
it looks like a Bait so people out of paranoia registered themselves and then they make profiles of them.
I suppose the point of this exercise is to let everyone know that authorities really have your records. Previously a lot of people were of the idea that authorities don't have any records so how can they enquire anyone for non/under declaration of tax. And its all pre-compiled, nothing to input from the user.
Second thing .......... what are the sources of information and data on public, to create such a profile? Majority of Pakistan's land records are not computerised, there are many land disputes pending in courts ........ unless some miracle has happened in one month I don't see how they can have information on everyone.
This profile doesn't have any land records, as you have rightly pointed out that these haven't been electronically compiled so far. But whenever these are compiled then it'll only be a matter of time for them to show up.
Similarly bank information doesn't seem to be available yet, but that might be coming up sooner than land records because a lot of banks are still going through biometric verifications. Once those are done, there's no reason why these cannot be made part of the profile.
Third thing .......... a filer already knows what he has declared its easy to create his profile, but how in the hell you created a profile on a non filer who doesn't operate a bank account?
I think this is the most important bit that is generally missed out.
A person can be filer of a nil return or filer of a return with a due tax of meager amount (say Rs. 4,000 only). Now if that's really a correct declaration then fantastic and the person can go about proudly that they are filer.
However, the profile highlights traveling records, mobile bills, no. firmarms licenses, cars, utility connections, etc. So for any person who is filer of above-mentioned returns and has excessive expenditures showing up in his profile, for him the question arises as to how he is filing nil returns or filing returns with declared income so low that it appears he is even struggling to live but still having such expenditures.
For example, there may be some people who frequently travel internationally, say routinely perform Umrah, but don't file any tax returns or nil returns or returns with meager amounts, so how come such person is affording such expenses. Similarly, excessive mobile bills, cars, firearms licenses and so on, you get the picture.
So I guess the real intention behind this profile thingy is to really inform everyone that please pay your due taxes and whether you haven't been filing returns or filing nil returns or returns with meager amounts then please know we have this information.
