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Govt facilitating fdi: dar

To facilitate foreign investment in the country, a smooth process is laid out to facilitate investment in the country, says Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar | see PaGe 2 |

Owners of the vehicles through new facility would receive the details of token tax and other dues of their vehicles through SMS, says Mian Mujtaba Shuja-urRehman. | see PaGe 2 |

e-filing of Gst returns

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Govt assisting taxpayers

TAXPAYER EDUCATION ONE OF FBR’S CORE FUNCTIONS MS. RIFFAT SHAHEEN, MEMBER FATE

the taxpayer should directly approach the facilitation wing so that he/she can get relief on the spot. the taxpayer can approach the wing through web and phone ISLAMABAD In a letter to Chairman FBR; Haroon Agar has drawn his immediate attention towards necessary upgrading of the software of GST e-filing. | see PaGe 3 |

faiZa israr

www.customstoday.com Member Facilitation and Taxpayer Education (FATE) in the FBR Headquarters, Ms. Riffat Shaheen Qazi, said that we are planning to start detailed workshops and awareness raising programmes for university students regarding income and other tax laws and amendments made in these laws.

Apart from large scale conferences being conducted in different chambers of commerce and FBR’s other organs, a specialist will also be a part of these conferences to help resolve the issues regarding tax policy, customs, income and sales tax and federal excise duty (FED). In an exclusive interview with Customs Today, Ms. Riffat Shaheen who is official spokesperson of FBR said that we provide facilitation at different levels including indi-

vidual taxpayers, tax bars, chambers, clearing & forwarding agents and withholding agents. The major role of the department also includes the interaction with all departments of FBR which resolves their queries and problems mainly through mails, helpline and web. Its online system has been upgraded and the department deals with the grievances under Section 7 of FBR Act. The complainant or see page on 07


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