ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has called on a 4-member delegation of the Poultry Association of Pakistan and assured them of considering their suggestions regarding taxes on poultry sector, recommended in the federal budget for fiscal year 2015-16.
The minister said that in view of the sanctity of the month of Ramadan and facilitating the people at large, the Association should closely monitor the poultry prices. He urged members of the delegation to keep a regular check on the rates of poultry.
The delegation informed the minister that the enhancement in the poultry rates was triggered by a supply gap which emerged due to low prices in the last five to six months. They also on this occasion discussed with the Minister the current taxes on poultry sector.
Dar said that the government had a resolve to enhance revenue and improve the tax to GDP ratio. It had a number of obligations to meet in the coming fiscal year, he added.
