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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...
Businessmen ask FBR to stop harassing filers
LAHORE - The business community has expressed grave concern on a new wave of raids at business premises by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) officials despite clear instructions of the FBR chairman to halt the raids. President Friends of Economic and Business Reforms (FEBR) Kashif Anwar, who is also former vice president of Lahore...
