KARACHI: Former Pakistan captains Shahid Afridi and Younis Khan were among four players hit with tax demands totaling more than three quarters of a million dollars on Friday, officials said.
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) said it had issued notices to Afridi, Younis, Umar Akmal and Abdul Razzaq for evading taxes of 80 million rupees ($825,000), ordering them to pay up within two weeks. "Notices have been served to four players -- Afridi, Younis, Razzaq and Umar -- as they have not given taxes on their match fees, annual contracts and endorsement fees and they are asked to reply within the stipulated time," said an FBR spokesman.
Test captain Misbahul Haq, Twenty20 captain Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Taufeeq Umar, Umar Akmal and Wahab Riaz were all warned over tax evasion in June this year, the spokesman said, but refused to give further details. Pakistan's tax revenues are among the lowest in the world at just 9.8 percent of GDP in fiscal year 2010-2011, according to the Asian Development Bank, and less than two percent of the population pays tax on their income.
By Pakistani standards, top cricketers earn handsome sums in annual central contracts, endorsements and match fees, with Afridi topping the list. Younis, Afridi and Umar are all in category 'A' of the Pakistan Cricket Board's central contracts, earning 313,000 rupees ($3,200) in monthly salaries. Top Pakistan players also get match fees of $4,000, Test fees of $3,800 for a one-day and $2,900 for a Twenty20 international.
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Lobster, I am sure you are not a Pakistan or a Muslim, the hateful comment that you have left proves so. So next time, rather put your name which may be Santosh or Sooraj.
@Khurram: A typical troll who will defend the indefensible
@Khurram: Do not make fun of the law of Blasphemy. It is our faith and making fun of faith is understood.
Many players face bad patches in their careers and some players like Afridi have few good moments in their entire career but Tax evasion is a crime which cannot be tolerable.
Lol and boht Khans perofrmed sevearl Hajj adn Omra's
To absolve from tax evasion Haj doesn't suffice, one need to do tawaf of the house someone powerful in FBR (or better PPP)
This tax evasion issue should really be sorted out. All of these players, politicians, and influential people should pay every rupee they owe or penalized them severely. Imagine what our country could do with all that tax money.
Anyway Afridi did the Hajj recently and in Pakistan it is a Blasphemy to point fingers at any Haji Sahib or any Haji Sahiba so this matter of Tax evasion must be closed at the earnest.
just for record.....M.S.Dhoni paid INR 18 crores as advance rpt advance income tax...the final figure will be much more................