"Introduction Digital Directory for Withholding Agents is a Management Information System (MIS) built to monitor real-time tax collection received under various sections of withholding tax," official sources said.

The MIS system has capability to analyze current withholding data with historical withholding collections, they said adding that the Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Dr. Muhammad Irshad and Member Inland Revenue Operations and their team were given demonstrations over the working of the system.

The Chairman FBR appreciated the real-time availability of Withholding data and stated that this Digital Directory will enable the tax collectors to take real-time decisions which will subsequently improve the tax collection, they added.

The directory would be launched all across the country, which would enable FBR to broaden the withholding tax regime by enforcing the withholding agents to compliance with the tax laws.