{"id":63647,"date":"2020-04-04T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=63647"},"modified":"2020-04-03T17:51:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T12:51:32","slug":"businessmen-govt-tax-refunds-resumption-goods-transportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/businessmen-govt-tax-refunds-resumption-goods-transportation.html","title":{"rendered":"Businesses demand tax refunds, resumption of goods transportation services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Representatives of the top businesses in the\ncountry have demanded tax refunds and the resumption of goods transportation\nservices, according to a news source. As per the publication, they made these\ndemands in a meeting with the Advisor to PM on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh\nand Advisor to PM on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The business delegates \u00a0requested the government to help resolve the liquidity crunch through a number of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-gives-3-month-tax-exemption-40-sectors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" concessions (opens in a new tab)\"> concessions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/remove-hurdles-in-country-wide-transportation-of-food.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Remove all hurdles in country-wide transportation of food items, goods supplies: PM (opens in a new tab)\">Remove all hurdles in country-wide transportation of food items, goods supplies: PM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, the meeting took place via video conferencing,\nand some of the county\u2019s top businessmen were present on the occasion. These included\nMian M. Mansha, Tariq Saigol, Ali Jameel, Dr Waqar Massod Khan, Shahzad Saleem,\nShahid Hussein, Ali Habib, Bashir Ali Muhammad, Almas Hyderm Fawad Anwer,\nShahid Soorty, Saqib Sherazi, Tariq Habib, and senior officials from the\nFederal Board of Revenue (FBR) and the ministries of finance and commerce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The businessmen took the opportunity to also asked the government to control the currency, as depreciation was exacerbating issues with managing input costs. They presented a list of problems, along with their immediate resolutions to the government for further action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-directed-to-clear-refunds-to-provide-relief-to-smes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"FBR directed to clear refunds to provide relief to businesses struggling with COVID-19 (opens in a new tab)\">FBR directed to clear refunds to provide relief to businesses struggling with COVID-19<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The delegation assured that they would not go for\nretrenchment immediately, and would be able to provide salaries for one month\ndespite their businesses being closed. However, they added that if this\nlockdown continued, then they would require further government assistance; with\nmore concessions on principle and loan mark-ups against them. They also\ncommitted to taking care of their daily wagers with government assistance and\nfulfil their social responsibility. The PM\u2019s advisors assured them of their\nfull support in these difficult times, and expressed their hope that Pakistan\u2019s\nexport sector would improve once the COVID-19 situation settled down. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Representatives of the top businesses in the country have demanded tax refunds and the resumption of goods transportation services, according to a news source. As per the publication, they made these demands in a meeting with the Advisor to PM on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh and Advisor to PM on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood. The business delegates \u00a0requested the government to help resolve the liquidity crunch through a number of concessions. Read: Remove all hurdles in country-wide transportation of food items, goods supplies: PM Reportedly, the meeting took place via video conferencing, and some of the county\u2019s top businessmen were present on the occasion. These included Mian M. Mansha, Tariq Saigol, Ali Jameel, Dr Waqar Massod Khan, Shahzad Saleem, Shahid Hussein, Ali Habib, Bashir Ali Muhammad, Almas Hyderm Fawad Anwer, Shahid Soorty, Saqib Sherazi, Tariq Habib, and senior officials from the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and the ministries of finance and commerce. The businessmen took the opportunity to also asked the government to control the currency, as depreciation was exacerbating issues with managing input costs. They presented a list of problems, along with their immediate resolutions to the government for further action. Read: FBR directed to clear&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":63401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15153],"tags":[25228,23940,25229,24586,17837],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-63647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-trade","8":"tag-businesses","9":"tag-covid-19","10":"tag-goods-transportation","11":"tag-special-packages-expected-for-daily-wagers","12":"tag-tax-refunds","13":"cat-15153-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Top businessmen aks govt for tax refunds - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Top businessmen met with the Advisors to the PM on Commerce and FInance to discuss tax refunds, the resumption of goods transportation, and more.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/businessmen-govt-tax-refunds-resumption-goods-transportation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top businessmen aks govt for tax refunds - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Top businessmen met with the Advisors to the PM on Commerce and FInance to discuss tax refunds, the resumption of goods transportation, and more.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/businessmen-govt-tax-refunds-resumption-goods-transportation.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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