ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has chaired a session of Chief Commissioners Conference at the Federal Board of Revenue to review revenue collections during July 2017.
The minister was briefed that FBR surpassed the target assigned for the month. The minister commended the performance of the FBR on achieving the revenue target and hoped that the FBR would keep up this performance with the same spirit during the current fiscal year.
The minister appreciated the decision of assigning monthly, quarterly and annual targets beforehand. He said that this would help better planning by the field formations for achieving the revenue targets and would also be the basis for reward and recognition for those who would show good performance.
The minister emphasized the need for increasing dependence on direct taxes and broadening of tax base. Facilitation of taxpayers should be given top priority to improve tax culture and enhance the confidence and trust of taxpayers, he said. Federal Finance Minister Dar wished success to the new team and hoped this visible change and trend would continue in the coming months.
