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FEBR expresses full solidarity & support to heroic struggle of Kashmiris
Business Recorder FEBR expresses full solidarity & support to heroic struggle of Kashmiris • RECORDER REPORT • SEP 8TH, 2019 • LAHORE The Friends of Economic and Business Reforms (FEBR) condemning illegal annexation of Occupied Kashmir by India, on Saturday expressed full solidarity and support to the heroic and brave struggle of the Kashmiris by the business community, resisting repression...
Govt must safeguard existing taxpayers rights through legislation
Govt must safeguard existing taxpayers rights through legislation: Kashif Anwar Reported by: `M Hayat August 27, 2019 LAHORE: The Friends of Economic and Business Reforms (FEBR) President Kashif Anwar has said that the government must ensure due respect for existing taxpayers and safeguard their rights through legislation against the misuse of discretionary powers by the FBR. During an...
FEBR suggests special scheme to bring retailers into tax net
FEBR suggests special scheme to bring retailers into tax net The Frontier Post / August 26, 2019 F.P. Report LAHORE: The Friends of Economic and Business Reforms (FEBR) President Kashif Anwar has urged the government to formulate a special scheme for retailers to bring them into tax net so that tax base should be enhanced In a letter written...
Govt lauded for narrowing trade deficit
August 18, 2019 Business Recorder Govt lauded for narrowing trade deficit RECORDER REPORT LAHORE: As the government is going to complete its one year in power the Friends of Economic and Business Reforms (FEBR) has hailed it for managing to narrow down the trade deficit by over 15 percent to around $32 billion in 2018-19 mainly due to drop...
FEBR calls for removing non-trade barriers
FEBR calls for removing non-trade barriers RECORDER REPORT LAHORE: The Friends of Economic and Business Reforms (FEBR) has called for removal of non-trade barriers to pursue a target of $5 billion worth bilateral trade from the current value of $1.3 billion trade between Iran and Pakistan, as the US sanctions on Tehran have affected normal trade activities...
Request to Extend Assets Declaration Scheme 2019 till 30th. September 2019 (FEBR).
Request to Extend Assets Declaration Scheme 2019 till 30th. September 2019.Regards Friends of Economic and Business Reforms (FEBR).
FEBR calls for legislation to safeguard existing taxpayers
The Friends of Economic and Business Reforms (FEBR) President Kashif Anwar has asked the government to also launch an amnesty scheme for the filers and tax payers in line with the Assets Declaration Scheme being introduced for the non-filers.Kashif Anwar, also former vice president of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry, stressing the need...
Order to stop bank accounts freezing without prior notice welcomed
Lahore - The Friends of Economic and Business Reforms (FEBR) has welcomed the first order of Syed Shabbar Zaidi in the capacity of the Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to stop freezing of bank accounts without his nod, expressing the hope that the decision would remove trust deficit between tax-collectors and taxpayers, besides achieving...
Low tax-to-GDP ratio mother of all economic ills: FEBR
LAHORE: The Friends of Economic and Business Reforms (FEBR) has said that the low tax-to-GDP ratio is the mother of all economic ills which can be controlled by resolving other issues like higher tax rates, tax evasion, thin tax-base and present low revenue shortfall of about Rs485 billion by June 2019. He suggested that the business...
FERB Chief Greets FBR For Increasing Number Of Filer To 1.8m
LAHORE: Friends of Economic Reforms and Business (FERB) President Kashif Anwar has said that the number of filers has been increased by 1.8 million which is a landmark achievement for Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). In a statement issued he said that the step will enable more and more people to file their tax returns this...
