Minister for Finance and Revenues Ishaq Dar on Friday called upon the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) that it should provide maximum facilitation to the tax payers. The Federal Minister for Finance Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar stated this while chairing a meeting here at the Finance Division which reviewed budget proposals of here at the FBR Wednesday. Special Assistant to Prime Minister, Haroon Akhtar Khan was present on the occasion.
Chairman FBR, Nisar Mohammad Khan informed the meeting that in line with Finance Minister's instructions passed last week, the FBR officials have held meetings with different stakeholders including traders organisations, chambers of commerce and industries, professionals and experts, having discussion over budget proposals. Useful inputs have been sought from them and would be thoroughly perused before budget proposals are finalised, the meeting was apprised, said a statement issued by the Ministry here.
The Finance Minister expressed satisfaction over the state of revenue collection in the current fiscal year. The Minister said that this spirit should be kept up in the coming fiscal year and efforts made for further growth in revenue which is key component of the overall inclusive growth strategy. He said that FBR should provide maximum facilitation to the tax payers. Senior officials of the Finance Division and FBR attended the meeting.
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