FBR to establish dataware of tax payers

Ministry of Finance directs FBR to establish high level national dataware house of all kinds of tax payers.

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to establish a high level national dataware house of all kinds of tax payers. A high level official of the ministry of finance told The Express Tribune that these instructions have been issued by the minister of finance in a high level meeting of the Tax Reform Coordination Group (RCG) which was chaired by Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs on October 17.

The national dataware house which is being established at FBR head quarters will perform as a key institution for the broadening of tax base, the official added.

During the meeting the Minister for Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh said that a fair, equitable and corruption-free tax system is a primary objective of the Government. He instructed the FBR to formalise the recommendations for their early approval by the Government.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 18^th, 2010.