Finance minister directs FBR to achieve revenue collection targets

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Dr Shamshad Akhtar on Wednesday directed Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Tariq Mehmood Pasha to make all possible effort to achieve the revenue collection targets this year.

She said this while chairing a meeting in Islamabad to review the performance of the FBR in the current financial year.

The chairman FBR gave a detailed presentation on the measures so far being taken by the FBR to achieve the tax collection targets, the major steps taken by the FBR to facilitate the tax payers and the key achievements of the FBR during the last five years.

The minister stressed the need for the up-gradation of the tax system through the use of technology.

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