Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the senior officials of the Ministry of Finance and Federal Board of Revenue on important tax related matters. The meeting reviewed implementation of decisions taken during recent interaction with members of the business community including traders, service sectors and the textile sector.
The Minister directed the FBR and other officials concerned to take necessary measures to meet all legal formalities to implement those decisions, and said the government attached due importance to the well being of the business community. He referred to meetings with delegations of service sectors as well as textile sector and said they had a very important role in generating revenue for the national exchequer. The government would ensure all possible facilitation to them, the minister remarked. The minister said that while he wanted the FBR to make all out efforts to meet its revenue targets, he also wanted that facilitation to taxpayers should also be ensured.-PR