{"id":4603,"date":"2025-06-30T10:15:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T05:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=4603"},"modified":"2025-06-30T11:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T06:34:10","slug":"fia-targets-undeclared-uae-properties-held-by-golden-visa-pakistanis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/30\/fia-targets-undeclared-uae-properties-held-by-golden-visa-pakistanis","title":{"rendered":"FIA Targets Undeclared UAE Properties Held by Golden Visa Pakistanis"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has launched a sweeping investigation into Pakistani residents holding UAE Golden Visas based on real estate investments of AED 2 million or more, yet failing to declare these assets under Pakistani tax laws.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thousands of individuals are now under scrutiny for possible tax evasion and violations of anti-money laundering regulations.<\/p>\n

The 10-year Golden Visas, issued under the \u201cProperty Owner\u201d category, contain vital identifiers such as passport numbers and \u201cSelf Sponsor\u201d status, making it easier for Pakistani authorities to trace the investors.<\/p>\n

Tax officials are actively cross-checking this information with wealth statements submitted to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).<\/p>\n

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Unreported Assets and Unpaid Taxes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Authorities revealed that a large number of resident Pakistanis with UAE properties have not declared the assets, rental income, or capital gains in their tax returns.<\/p>\n

In most cases, Capital Value Tax (CVT) on foreign property has also gone unpaid, triggering red flags within the compliance system.<\/p>\n

Pakistan and the UAE do have a tax treaty that includes provisions for information exchange, but the UAE has not shared banking or investment data directly.<\/p>\n

This lack of cooperation has made enforcement challenging.<\/p>\n

Funding via Informal Channels Complicates Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another concern is that many individuals reportedly funded their UAE investments through informal remittance channels.<\/p>\n

To further avoid detection, bank accounts were often opened using UAE residence permits rather than Pakistani passports, bypassing the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) mechanisms.<\/p>\n

Authorities are now seeking legal routes and diplomatic engagement to obtain financial disclosures and ensure compliance.<\/p>\n

The crackdown is part of a broader effort to bring transparency to offshore investments and recover untaxed assets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has launched a sweeping investigation into Pakistani residents holding UAE Golden Visas based on real estate investments of AED 2 million or more, yet failing to declare these assets under Pakistani tax laws. Thousands of individuals are now under scrutiny for possible tax evasion and violations of anti-money laundering …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2224,2225,2223],"class_list":["post-4603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","tag-goldenvisa","tag-offshoreassets","tag-taxevasion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4604,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4603\/revisions\/4604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}