Islamabad, September 14, 2020 (PPI-OT):Federal Board of Revenue and Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Department of Punjab have signed the MoU for real time integration of data bases. The MoU signing ceremony took place in the office of Director General ET and NC in Lahore, today. Minister for Excise and Narcotics Punjab Hafiz Mumtaz Ahmad, Member IT, FBR Mr Asim Ahmad, Secretary Excise and Taxation Wajihullah Kundi, Chairman Punjab Revenue Authority Mr Zain Ul Abideen Sahe and DG Excise/Taxation Mr Masood Ul Haq attended the ceremony.
The MoU enables FBR to get hold of CNIC based data of vehicles, properties and professionals along with allied details. Likewise, data of guest houses, ginning factories and other registered professionals as per law would be accessible to ET and NC department of Punjab. The MoU is covered in terms of confidentiality of data and caters for data needs of both organizations for future initiatives as well. This step would be extremely helpful to identify the potential taxpayers and plug revenue leakages.
Both parties have shown resolve to extend maximum facilitation to each other for increasing tax collection. It is also agreed that data sharing would be done through secure web service without human involvement. FBR believes that such initiatives can help a great deal in documentation of economy and is desirous to make such agreements with other relevant organizations.
For more information, contact:
Second Secretary (Public Relations)
Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)
FATE Wing, Federal Board of Revenue,
Constitution Avenue, Sector G-5,
Islamabad, Pakistan
Phone: +92-51-9217267
Fax: +92-51-9208456
Email: mujeeb.talpur@fbr.gov.pk, talpur35@gmail.com
Website: https://www.fbr.gov.pk/