KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has been urged to appoint a focal person to respond the quires of all the chambers of commerce and industry.
Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President Iftikhar Ahmed Vohra gave this suggestion, while speaking at the 2nd meeting of the Sub-Committee of National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatisation held in Islamabad.
He said that it has been observed from time to time that FBR does not bothers to reply to KCCI letters or sometimes takes more than 2 to 3 months to give its reaction which intensifies the problems being faced by the business and industrial community of Karachi.
Convener of Sub-Committee of National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatisation, MNA Kaiser Ahmed Sheikh and members including MNA Daniyal Aziz, MNA Sheikh Fayyaz-ud-Din, MNA Dr Nafisa Shah and MNA Nasir Khan Khattak, along with representatives of various Chambers of Commerce and Industry across Pakistan attended the meeting.
Vohra further stated that massive discretionary powers to various departments of FBR, particularly the Directorate General Intelligence & Investigation – Inland Revenue (DG I&I-IR), have provided a perfect opportunity to corrupt officers to fearlessly harass the business community which requires stringent measures in order to provide relief to perturbed businessmen and industrialists.
