Booth inaugurated at SCCI for facilitation of businessmen in e-filing, tax return submission.

PESHAWAR, September 16, 2009 (Balochistan Times): President Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), Sharafat Ali Mubarik and Director General Regional Tax Office (RTO), Saeedullah Khan Wednesday inaugurated booth at Sarhad Chamber for facilitation of businessmen in submission of tax returns, e-filing. The booth will be manned by officials of RTO who will assist and guide traders and businessmen in submission of tax returns and other maters relating to taxation, said a press release issued here by Sarhad Chamber. On this occasion, Vice President of SCCI, Muhammad Ishaq, newly elected president of SCCI, Riaz Arshad, President of Industrialist Association Peshawar, Malik Niaz, former president of SCCI, Haji Muhammad Asif and leading businessmen of the province were present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, President of SCCI, Sharafat Ali Mubarik supported the policy of expanding the tax net and demanded of the government to exempt small traders from e-filing and sales tax registration. He said the issue of sales tax registration of traders of this insurgency hit province should be delayed for the time being, he added. Sharafat Ali Mubarik also demanded delay in last date for submission of income tax returns due to Ramazan. He said the departments working in sub-ordination of FBR should not take such measures which could create uncertainty among the business community. DG RTO, Saeedullah Khan, in his speech, assured the business community that no compulsory registration in sales tax will be made but every consumer would submit his tax in accordance with details provided through self assessment scheme. He said the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is making measures for expanding the tax net and sought cooperation from Sarhad Chamber in this regard.

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