Punjab Revenue Authority collected Rs 100.3 billion revenue from July 2017 till May 2018 through its various innovative schemes to motivate the citizens for payment of their due taxes. Chairman Punjab Revenue Authority Dr Raheel Ahmed Siddiqui said these measures included establishment of implement tribunal, E-courts, Tax Clinic, Rims, Amanat Scheme and expansion of tax net programme due to which a new tax culture has been progressing in the province.
PRA chairman was giving a briefing to the caretaker Minister for Finance Zia Haider Rizvi regarding performance of the tax collection body. Member Operations Javed Ahmed, Commissioner Headquarters Abdul Jawad, Commissioner Enforcement Shehzad Mehmood Gondal, Legal Member Kamran Ahmed, Member Policy Zain-ul-Abedin Sahi and Additional Commissioner Aman Anwar Qidwai were also present in the meeting.
He said that Punjab Revenue Authority had established five divisional headquarters in Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, and Multan and it would soon set up its district offices in Sargodha, Sahiwal, Rahim Yar Khan and Bahawalpur. PRA is also opening its office at Murree soon so that the process of expansion in tax net may be further accelerated.
The matters regarding disputes between PRA and Federal Board of Revenue and steps regarding further reforms in the system were also discussed in the meeting.
The Minister directed the concerned officers to initiate a dialogue with the transporters to solve their problems. All divisional officers of PRA and member appeal Ali Mansoor also participated in the meeting through video link and informed the Minister about their individual achievements. The Minister Finance assured complete cooperation by the caretaker government to Chairman PRA in connection with collection of taxes.