The "Tax Facilitation Kiosks" (TFK) have received a phenomenal response from around 9000 new taxpayers, besides posting a collection of over 10,000 income tax returns in a short span of time. Israr Rauf, Director General, Regional Tax Office (RTO), Karachi was informed in a briefing on Friday during his visit to the RTO's different sections.
Officials also apprised that department is all set to achieve another landmark by launching RTO's separate website, which would hopefully be functional by the end of current month. They said the website would provide maximum benefit to the taxpayers on a single click and added that the website would empower taxpayers to check the progress of returns at every level. The website comprises several innovative features comprising prominent taxpayers gallery, online magazine, employ for the month, etc.
They informed that the department has established comprehensive electronic archive where manual returns are also stored through unique technique and termed it as one step forward towards paper free environment.
They said that about 50 Tax Facilitation Kiosks (TFK) have been entertaining taxpayers at different prominent business hubs in the city. While, two mobile Tax Facilitation Units (TFU) are educating new taxpayers about the benefits of joining tax net.
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