Staff Reporter
Mirpur
Under the spirit of ensuring the tax-realization system more active and vibrant with prime focus to expand the tax net in Azad Jammu Kashmir in line with the need of the modern age, AJK government has established ‘Central Board of Revenue’ in the State at the pattern of the ‘Federal Board of Revenue’ (FBR), of Pakistan, official sources said.
This was disclosed by Chairman of the AJK Central Board of Revenue Farhat Ali Mir in his meeting with the Chairman Federal Board of Revenue Mr. Javed Ghani at FBR Secretariat in the federal capital on Friday, an AJK CBR spokesman later told this Correspondent here on Friday.
“The Chairman AJK CBR informed the FBR Chairman that the government of AJK has established the AJK CBR as full-fledged taxation authority for AJK with policy and regulatory functions at the pattern of the FBR at federal level and Revenue Authority in the provincial governments”, said the spokesperson.
The AJK CBR Chief further informed the FBR Chairman that since the AJK CBR had adapted a law of FBR Act 2007 and legislated AJK CBR Act 2020, the AJK CBR stood filled with the due charge at par with the same authority and functions to bring in fiscal policies and regulate taxation functions within the State of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, he added.
