QUETTA: Round 1,000 merchants from Balochistan have registered with FBR’s ‘Tajir Dost Scheme’, geared toward bringing extra retailers into the tax web, in response to the scheme’s chief coordinator, Naeem Mir.
Whereas addressing a press convention after a gathering with FBR officers on Saturday, Mr Mir stated merchants gave their enter and solutions concerning the scheme within the assembly.
FBR Deputy Commissioner Aqsa Gharshin, Anjuman Tajran Balochistan president Abdul Raheem Kakar and the convener of Tajir Dost Scheme in Balochistan, Chaudhry Naeem Kareem, have been additionally current through the presser.
Mr Mir, who’s the chairman of the Supreme Council of All Pakistan Anjuman-i-Tajiran, stated merchants have been briefed by the senior officers of FBR on the scheme.
“The merchants overtly expressed their reservations and considerations with FBR officers,” Mr Mir stated, including that these could be conveyed to the prime minister, finance minister, and FBR chairman in order that the considerations may very well be addressed.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has straight taken merchants on board concerning the tax scheme to spice up the financial system, Mr Mir stated.
“The federal government has launched a quite simple system for bringing merchants into the tax web,” he stated. whereas speaking in regards to the scheme
Mr Mir denied that merchants have been refusing to pay taxes. “They solely need the FBR to not create hassle for them after registration.”
Nevertheless, he stated merchants have their some reservations in regards to the scheme and they’ll submit them in writing to the FBR. He stated the primary section of the tax scheme will begin in July.
For the comfort of merchants in Balochistan, Chaudhry Naeem Kareem has been appointed because the coordinator.
In response to a query in regards to the sit-in in Chaman, Mr Mir stated though it was not inside his mandate, he would speak to them and attempt to resolve their points.
Printed in Daybreak, Might twenty sixth, 2024