As part of
its initiative to rope in large public and private sector organisations and
companies in its ongoing drive for filing of Income Tax returns, Federal Board
of Revenue (FBR) has approached the country's cellular sector to facilitate the
workforce employed in this sector to become part of the tax system by filing
their tax returns.
FBR's effort to engage more than 50
leading corporations and companies of the country is being spearheaded by Ms.
Nausheen Javaid Amjad, Member Facilitation and Taxpayers Education (FATE) Wing,
who along with her team met with Mobilink's management at the company's head
office and briefed them about a keen desire within FBR to facilitate the
employees of large companies to file their Income Tax returns. Mobilink's CEO
Aamer Ibrahim, Vice President Corporate & Economic Affairs Ibrar Khan,
Chief Corporate & Regulatory Affairs Officer Syed Ali Naseer were also
present. Chief FATE Wing Ms Tehmina Aamer accompanied the Member FATE.
During the meeting, Member FATE FBR
Ms Nausheen Amjad said that in pursuance of the concept of corporate social
responsibility as well as build a more friendly interface with the taxpayers,
FBR was trying to reach out to large public and private sector organisations
and companies. "We are confident that together with companies such as
Mobilink, we can boost the rate of filing as the filing of Income Tax returns
is not only a legal obligation but also a national duty," she said, adding
FBR was willing to provide any facilitation and training to help the Mobilink
employees e-file and become part of the tax system.
Mobilink CEO Aamer Ibrahim lauded
the FBR's initiative and expressed his company's full support for it. He said
that as a thought leader and as one of the leading multinationals of the
country, Mobilink was happy to work with FBR to boost the rate of taxation.
"We would love to spearhead a positive ethos about the role of taxes in
national development and how we can take the country forward," he said.
He also welcomed FBR's offer to help
Mobilink employees e-file and instructed his team to work with FBR in the
coming days to arrange facilitative sessions for the officers and staff of the
company so that the company being one of the largest contributors to revenue
generation efforts of FBR could also emerge as a leader with its workforce as
filers and enjoying the benefits of filing in terms of reduced taxes on a range
of business and bank transactions.
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