MULTAN: Multan Tax Bar Association (MTBA) has called for an immediate action from Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to solve the critical issues of taxpayers as new computer policy of tax collection was not problem-solving but complicated and tax payers have grave concerned about it.
Speaking at a press conference at Regional Tax Office (RTO) Multan, President of MTBA, A. Moeed Khawaja Advocate discussed the new tax policy and its consequences and said that IRIS (Integrated Revenue Information System) software was a premature system and its modules, which have been implemented from July 1, 2015, should immediately be ceased since it shows random discontinuity and it is not entering the tax deduction statements of previous two months even September 15 is the last date for this.
He said the traders have serious concerns about the withholding tax as its mechanism is not so clear and FBR should make an attractive and provocative policy so that the tax payers show inclination to it. He further said the government officials took stern actions on the non-payment of taxes against the taxpayers but on the point of tax refund the system was a complete failure as IRIS has no such type of module.
He highlighted that the IRIS has created a wide distance between the tax lawyers and their clients since the lawyers were unable to add and facilitate their clients as they did in the previous PRAL system. As a result, their clients were affecting badly due to IRIS and this system should be postponed for at least one year and this is not the right time for such type of immediate changes. He demanded that FBR should reinstate its helpline and solve the problems of tax payers regarding wealth statement promptly.
Talking about the new registration system, he said that it would be a complicated system as compared to previous one as the national identity card number of any tax payer will become his/her national tax number (NTN) and for this the tax payer should have to complete certain requirements hence it is not so simple.
MTBA Secretary Imran Ghazi, Senior Executive member Shabbir Ansari, Senior member Younis Ghazi and Senior Member Khalid Asad Chaudhry were also present at the press conference.
