Three committees formed following discussions with traders, businessmen
In pursuance of agreement between business community and FBR in a meeting held in FBR (HQs) on 9-7-2015, a meeting of representatives of business community was held in Conference Room of FBR (HQs) on 28-7-2015, which was attend by Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan, MNA, Parliamentary Secretary Finance, Mian Abdul Mannan, MNA and Malik Pervez, MNA, Mr. Haroom Akhtar Khan, Special Assistant to PM on Revenue, Mr. Tariq Bajwa, Chairman FBR, Mr. Shahid Hussain Asad, Senior Member (Inland Revenue Policy), FBR and following representatives of FPCCI, various Chambers of Commerce & Industry across the country and leaders of the Traders community all over the country:
1. Sheikh Muhammad Asif
2. Mr. Anjum Mahmood Butt
3. Mr. Muhammad Ali Mian
4. Mr. Zubair Tufail
5. S. Khalid Tawab
6. Syed Asad Mashhadi
7. Mr. Ashfaq Tola
8. Mr. Muzammal Hussain Sabri
9. Mr. Amir Waheed
10. Aslam Bhalli
11. Ali Din
12. Seth Naeem
13. Sheikh Babar Khurana
14. Mian Saqib Ghafoor
15. Ch. Ghulam Sabir
16. Malik Sohail Hussain
17. Mr. Naeem Yunus Butt
18. Mr. Muhammad Fayyaz Butt
19. Khawaja Tanveer Ashraf
2. Mr. Anjum Mahmood Butt
3. Mr. Muhammad Ali Mian
4. Mr. Zubair Tufail
5. S. Khalid Tawab
6. Syed Asad Mashhadi
7. Mr. Ashfaq Tola
8. Mr. Muzammal Hussain Sabri
9. Mr. Amir Waheed
10. Aslam Bhalli
11. Ali Din
12. Seth Naeem
13. Sheikh Babar Khurana
14. Mian Saqib Ghafoor
15. Ch. Ghulam Sabir
16. Malik Sohail Hussain
17. Mr. Naeem Yunus Butt
18. Mr. Muhammad Fayyaz Butt
19. Khawaja Tanveer Ashraf
The agenda of the meeting was to facilitate business community to become filer and thus avoid imposition of Withholding Tax under section 236P of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, as well as to resolve related issues pertaining to Income Tax and Sales Tax and to evolve an effective communication strategy on educating the public and specifically traders on the rational of this tax measure for documentation of economy and broadening of tax base. After detailed discussion, it was unanimously decided to form three committees namely “Communication Committee”, “Income Tax Committee”, and “Sales Tax Committee” as under:
1. Communication Committee
1 | Mian Abdul Mannan | MNA (Convener) |
2 | Mr. Nadeem Dar | Member (FATE), FBR |
3 | Mr. Zubair Tufail | FPCCI |
4 | Mr. Anjum Mahmood Butt | Pakistan Muslim Traders Wing |
5 | Syed Asad Mashhadi | President Rawalpindi Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry |
6 | Mr. Muzammal Hussain Sabri | President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry |
7 | Mr. Amir Waheed | General Secretary Punjab Sugar Dealers Association |
8 | Sheikh Babar Khurana | |
9 | Mr. Fuad Ishaq | President KPK Chamber of Commerce & Industry |
10 | Mr. Muhammad Ali Mian | Former President Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry |
2. Income Tax Committee
1
|
Malik Pervez
|
MNA (Convener)
|
2
|
Mr. Shahid Hussain Asad
|
Senior Member (Inland Revenue Policy), FBR
|
3
|
Sheikh Muhammad Asif
|
Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry
|
4
|
Mr. Muhammad Ali Mian
|
Former President Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry
|
5
|
Mr. Zubair Tufail
|
FPCCI
|
6
|
Mr. Anjum Mahmood Butt
|
Pakistan Muslim Traders Wing
|
7
|
Mr. Muzammal Hussain Sabri
|
President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry
|
8
|
Malik Sohail Hussain
|
FPCCI, Islamabad
|
9
|
Khawaja Zarrar Kaleem
|
VP, FPCCI, Lahore
|
10
|
Khawaja Tanveer Ashraf
|
PML N Gujranwala
|
11
|
Mr. Asim Zulfiqar
|
Chartered Accountant, Lahore
|
12
|
Mr. Kashif Shabbir
|
Former President Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce & Industry
|
3. Sales Tax Committee
1
|
Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan
|
MNA, Parliamentary Secretary Finance (Convener)
|
2
|
Mr. Muhammad Ashraf Khan
|
Member (Inland Revenue Operations), FBR
|
3
|
Mr. Ashfaq Tola
|
TRC/TAC
|
4
|
Mr. Asif Haroon
|
FCA
|
5
|
Mr. Kashif Anwar
|
|
6
|
S. Khalid Tawab
|
FPCCI
|
7
|
Syed Asad Mashhadi
|
President Rawalpindi Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry
|
8
|
Engineer Rizwan
|
Rawalpindi Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry
|
The above three Committees will have the powers to coopt other members if considered necessary.
Income Tax and Sales Tax Committees shall submit their reports by 13th of August, 2015. The first meeting of these committees will be held on Friday 31st of July, 2015 at FBR (HQs).
Income Tax and Sales Tax Committees shall submit their reports by 13th of August, 2015. The first meeting of these committees will be held on Friday 31st of July, 2015 at FBR (HQs).
Shahid Hussain Asad
Senior Member (Inland Revenue-Policy) Official Spokesman,
Senior Member (Inland Revenue-Policy) Official Spokesman,
Jul 28, 2015