Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has further widened the scope of
its ongoing taxpayer outreach programme by reaching out to the management of
PARCO and members and office-bearers of OICCI with a view to creating awareness
regarding discharging tax obligations by the taxpayers.
The contacts are being made as part of a countrywide exercise
started last month by FBR to reach out to more than 50 large public and private
sector organisations for roping in their support for the FBR's drive for filing
of Income Tax returns which expires on 31st of October
2017.
In order to improve the number of tax filers and create
awareness about the advantages of filing of returns, Member Facilitation and
Taxpayer Education (FATE) FBR Mrs. Nausheen Javaid Amjad visited Karachi and
held separate meetings with Managing Director PARCO Mr. Tariq Rizavi as well as
members and office-bearers of Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and
Industry, including OICCI Secretary General Mr. Abdul Aleem.
During the
meetings, Ms Nausheen Javaid Amjad said FBR was aware of the organisations and
companies diligently fulfilling their responsibility of reporting salary paid
and taxes withheld from their employees. However, the employees of these
companies were only fulfilling half of their legal obligation and skipping the
part that required them to file their tax returns and become filers to reap a
host of dividends and advantages accrued from the filing of returns, she added.
The PARCO MD
and office-bearers of the OICCI lauded what they called a noble cause and
initiative of FBR to create public awareness and improve the number of tax filers.
They assured their full cooperation to make the FBR outreach campaign
successful. Various proposals for simplifying and improving the procedures and
business processes for filing of returns were also discussed and it was agreed
to maintain and further enhance outreach efforts by FBR to build a stronger
interface with the taxpayers.
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