RAWALPINDI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Tuesday launched a special drive to interact with taxpayers aimed at facilitating and educating them about the various initiatives undertaken by the board and Facilitation and Taxpayers Education (FATE) wing.
The first workshop of this series was held here at Regional Tax Office (RTO). Member, FATE, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Ms. Riffat Shaheen Qazi has taken the initiative of holding series of workshops/seminars all over the country to interact with the taxpayers and withholding agents of different organizations.
The objectives of the workshops are to communicate with the taxpayers and get feedback from them for confidence building between FBR and taxpayer.
The workshop was opened by Member FATE Ms. Riffat Shaheen Qazi who introduced the objectives of the workshop and encouraged the participants to freely and openly discuss their problems regarding the tax system and to give their input for improvement of the system.
Chief Commissioner, RTO Rawalpindi, Aftab Ahmed appreciated the initiative of FATE Wing of FBR and said that these workshops should be turned into a regular feature as they provide an opportunity of first hand interaction with the taxpayers and other stakeholders. He hoped that the participants would actively participate in the session and would come up with valuable suggestions and feedback.
A detailed presentation was given on the Withholding Agents system of tax collection highlighting the laws and provisions of the WHT agents. Another presentation on FBR?s web portal http://www.fbr.gov.pk elaborating the facilities and information provided on the web portal were explained to the audience so they can take full benefit of the system.
This was followed by a lively and detailed Questions and Answers session where the participants highlighted their concerns which were answered by member FATE Ms. Riffat Shaheen Qazi and Chief Commissioner RTO Rawalpindi Aftab Ahmed.
The participants of the workshop appreciated the initiative of holding these workshops and thanked FBR for providing them with this opportunity of direct interaction with the tax authority.
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