ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) plans to launch technology-enabled outreach initiative under the Pakistan Raises Revenue (PRR) programme through mobile tax facilitation stations to bring routinely used taxation services closer to the taxpayers’ doorstep.
The FBR fielded a Mid-Term Review of the World Bank-funded PRR programme in October and November of 2022. The programme’s savings would be utilised in launching IT-enabled outreach initiative in the area of taxpayer facilitation and behaviour nudges to promote tax culture. These interventions include, among other things, enhancing taxpayers’ access to FBR’s systems and solutions at or close to their own doorsteps with the aim to minimize the need to have them visit tax offices all across the country for routine processes in the similar fashion as NADRA’s mobile vans.
In an effort to reach out to taxpayers in emerging economic centers in Tehsils, districts and areas having limited accessibility, these 155 mobile tax facilitation stations will be standard/non-luxury vans.
The implementation of the initiative will be in accordance with government priorities and policies including Federal Cabinet’s circular dated 7th July 2022 which outlined the austerity measures for FY 2022-23 and allows for procurement of such utility vehicles. Once the revised PC-1 is approved by CDWP and Ecnec, this initiative will be implemented in a phased manner.
The services offered at these mobile tax facilitation stations will include...
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