Strategy to meet revenue collection target: Chairman FBR meets Commissioners LTU, RTOs Lahore

Chairman, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Mumtaz Haider Rizvi, met Chief Commissioners of the Large Taxpayer Unit (LTU), Regional Tax Office (RTO)-1 and RTO-2 Lahore here on Sunday to chalk out strategy to meet the revenue collection target of Rs1952 billion for 2011-2012.
According to a press release, during the lengthy meeting, the Chief Commissioner LTU Lahore, Chief Commissioner RTO-I Lahore and Chief Commissioner RTO-II Lahore briefed the chairman about the progress of their respective offices regarding revenue collection.
The Chairman reviewed in detail the revenue collection progress of each Chief Commissioner separately and made important remarks to improve the collection and remove the hurdles, if any, in achieving the target. He pointed out the weak areas with instructions to remove the shortcomings to achieve the revenue collection target of Rs1952 billion before time. The Chairman stressed the need to broaden the tax base to include more people in the tax net and thus expand revenue collection. FBR's Member IR, Member FATE, Member Admin and Additional Secretary (Revenue Division) were also present during the meeting.-PR