ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to bring into the tax net the unregistered sugar dealers.

He passed the directions while upholding a decision of the Federal Tax Ombudsman.

The president observed that despite making huge monetary transactions and the availability of their data with the FBR, the unregistered buyers of sugar largely remained outside the tax net and were evading the prime national responsibility of paying taxes.