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Pakistan tax authorities turn to social media to crack down on evasion

Investigators scrutinise lavish weddings and overseas travel to find suspected fraudsters

In a tower overlooking Islamabad, a team of intelligence officers is scrolling Instagram, calling up fashion houses and planning a wedding. 

With Pakistan’s rollicking wedding season in full swing, the Federal Board of Revenue’s “lifestyle monitoring cell” is reverse-engineering a lavish ceremony, which it believes costs far more than the suspected tax evader’s annual reported income.

“People love to play up how rich they are on social media,” said Rashid Langrial, the FBR’s chair. “But no one wants to show off their money in their tax filings.” 

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