{"id":65875,"date":"2020-05-22T10:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T05:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=65875"},"modified":"2020-05-21T16:39:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T11:39:22","slug":"fpcci-urges-fbr-to-withdraw-officials-discretionary-powers-to-prevent-misuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fpcci-urges-fbr-to-withdraw-officials-discretionary-powers-to-prevent-misuse.html","title":{"rendered":"FPCCI urges FBR to withdraw officials&#8217; discretionary powers to prevent misuse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) recently called on the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to withdraw its tax officers\u2019 discretionary powers to enable businesses to flourish under stable laws and policies freed from the impact of arbitrary decisions \u2014 a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/icci-shares-budget-2020-21-proposals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ICCI shares Budget 2020-21 proposals<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FPCCI office holders argued that the decision will also serve to restore the public\u2019s confidence in taxation laws. The matter was discussed at a webinar on Wednesday, during which FPCCI President Mian Anjum Nisar called for safeguarding the interest of taxpayers against the misuse of discretionary powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fbr-considering-proposal-raise-cnic-requirements-goods-purchase.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBR considers proposal to ease CNIC requirement for goods purchase<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nisar further called for updating outdated laws and practices. Speaking of Section 408 of the Sales Tax Act 1990, he proposed that automation of monitoring system could easily replace the physical presence of Inland Revenue Officers on business premises, and still allow for efficient monitoring of the entire production and supply chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FPCCI\u2019s Budget Advisory Council Convener Zakaria Usman also took the opportunity to propose that the powers to select the tax return for audits should rest only with the FBR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) recently called on the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to withdraw its tax officers\u2019 discretionary powers to enable businesses to flourish under stable laws and policies freed from the impact of arbitrary decisions \u2014 a news source reported. Read: ICCI shares Budget 2020-21 proposals FPCCI office holders argued that the decision will also serve to restore the public\u2019s confidence in taxation laws. The matter was discussed at a webinar on Wednesday, during which FPCCI President Mian Anjum Nisar called for safeguarding the interest of taxpayers against the misuse of discretionary powers. Read: FBR considers proposal to ease CNIC requirement for goods purchase Nisar further called for updating outdated laws and practices. Speaking of Section 408 of the Sales Tax Act 1990, he proposed that automation of monitoring system could easily replace the physical presence of Inland Revenue Officers on business premises, and still allow for efficient monitoring of the entire production and supply chain. FPCCI\u2019s Budget Advisory Council Convener Zakaria Usman also took the opportunity to propose that the powers to select the tax return for audits should rest only with the FBR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":62138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15015],"tags":[30088],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-legal-taxation","8":"tag-fpcci-urges-fbr-to-withdraw-officials-discretionary-powers-to-prevent-misuse","9":"cat-15015-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FPCCI urges FBR to withdraw officials&#039; discretionary powers to prevent misuse - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karachi: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) recently called on the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to withdraw its tax\" \/>\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\/fpcci-urges-fbr-to-withdraw-officials-discretionary-powers-to-prevent-misuse.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FPCCI urges FBR to withdraw officials&#039; 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