ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday directed the officials ofthe Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to ensure the on-spot-recording of allof their officials interactions during visits to different markets.
Chairing a briefing on the performance and reforms in the FBR here, theprime minister said the elimination of corruption from the FBR and itsreformation was the government’s priority. The revival of public trust inthe FBR would also help broaden the tax net, he believed, said a PM Officestatement.
Briefing the prime minister about the performance of the FBR during theprevious fiscal year, Chairman FBR Shabbar Zaidi said the board hadcollected Rs 579 billion revenue till August of the current fiscal,witnessing an increase by 14.65 percent.
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It was informed that this year, the number of filers had also increased bymore than 783,000 taking the total number of the filers from 1,514,817 in2017 to 2,561,099 this year.