The IR-operations member urges tax collectors to motivate taxpayers politely to pay their taxes
LAHORE: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Inland Revenue-Operation (IR-Ops) Member Dr. Irshad Ahmad has expressed his resolve to “meet and beat” the ambitious revenue collection target of Rs 3014 billion for the financial year 2015-16.
He showed this determination in an exclusive interview with Customs Today, adding that the Board has taken good start by attaining a growth of 28 percent during first month of the new team in office.
The soft spoken FBR member, who was highly praised by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar for his excellent performance, believed that motivational doses to motivate the officials will play vital part for paying their duties with devotion and integrity in order to achieve the set revenue target.
He is of the view that the FBR officers are very energetic and hardworking however, “We need to motivate the officers enabling them to produce good results,” Khan said.
“If we own them, they will deliver good results,” he said, adding that he has taken the finance minister on board in this regard and he has assured his full support for resolving the minor and major issues of the staff to make them more concentrated to their assignments of revenue collection.
The finance minister has pledged to lend his hand to motivate the officers and employees, Dr Irshad Khan informed, saying that the minister has agreed to visit to the tax houses and meet the officers across the country, including Karachi and Islamabad following Lahore.
Though he has been given an extraordinary assignment and with the objective to discharge his duties, he would put all his energies and go to every extent for the well-being of the department and the officers.
Revenue service, which is a backbone of the national economy, has enormous potential, he said, urging the officers of FBR to motivate the taxpayers politely to pay their taxes.
He said that he has always been very polite towards the taxpayers throughout his career and never got failed. He added that he will follow suit and will be successful by the grace of Allah Almighty
He shared that he has formulated a comprehensive strategy to bring about administrative and structural changes and he has received positive response, in this regard.
