ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue Member Facilitation and Taxpayers Education (FATE) Riffat Shaheen Qazi has taken the initiative of holding series of workshops and seminars all over the country to interact with the taxpayers.
The objectives of these seminars and workshops are to communicate with the taxpayers and to educate them about the various initiatives undertaken by FBR and FATE to facilitate them as well as to get feedback from the taxpayers to fine tune and improve the FBR-taxpayer relationship.
The first of this series of workshops was held on April 8 at the Regional Tax Office (RTO) Rawalpindi to interact with the withholding agents of different organizations.
The workshop was opened by Member FATE Riffat Shaheen Qazi who introduced the objectives of the workshop and encouraged the participants to freely and openly discuss their problems regarding the tax system and to give their input for improvement of the system.
Chief Commissioner of RTO Rawalpindi, Aftab Ahmed appreciated the initiative of FATE and said that these workshops should be turned into a regular feature as they provide an opportunity of first hand interaction with the taxpayers and other stakeholders. He hoped that the participants would actively participate in the session and would come up with valuable suggestions and feedback.
A detailed presentation was given on the withholding agents system of tax collection highlighting the laws and provisions of the WHT agents. Another presentation on FBR’s web portal elaborating the facilities and information provided on the web portal were explained to the audience so they can take full benefit of the system.
This was followed by detailed questions and answers session where the participants highlighted their concerns. Member FATE Riffat Shaheen Qazi and Chief Commissioner RTO Rawalpindi Aftab Ahmed responded to the queries.
The participants of the workshop appreciated the initiative of holding these workshops and thanked FBR for providing them with this opportunity of direct interaction with the tax authorities.
