ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has been informed that 4.9 million people, who can afford to pay taxes, have been identified through use of advanced technology.
The prime minister was told that the government took various concrete steps to resolve the 83,579 pending tax cases.
The Prime Minister was chairing a meeting regarding FBR’s reforms and digitalization in Islamabad on Friday.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed the FBR to bring wealthy and well-off people to the tax net on preferential basis and no additional burden should be put on the poor.
He said that the tax refund system would be further improved.
The Prime Minister instructed to increase the number of appellate tribunals to 100 for speedy decisions of the cases and prepare a dash-board to assess the performance of appellate tribunals.
The Prime Minister said no delay would be tolerated in payment of tax refunds.
He stressed the need to formulate a strategy for bringing all ongoing reform projects in FBR under a central system.
Shehbaz Sharif also sought proposals for reforms in the Pakistan Revenue Automation Authority.
The Prime Minister also directed the implementation of Automated Entry-Exit System at the Gwadar port.
He directed to enforce single sales tax system for every taxpayer by October this year.
