GIVING THE RIGHTS OF ARREST OF TRADER TO FBR IS NOT GOOD SIGN FOR BUSINESS FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT:
This step will make FBR mini NAB, It is necessary to give respect to the Business man , Mirza Abdul Rehman:
ISLAMABAD ( Web News )
On the Bases of Doubt giving the right of raid on trader’s outlet / offices is totally immoral behavior and it is unfair, Haji Qurban Ali: Already there are differences between business community and the institutes like FBR. Only on the bases of doubt it is not good to give right of arrest to FBR (income tax) Officer. This will create lack of confidence between FBR and Business Community.
Tax Paying Business Community is as important factor of our trade and industry environment, as they also use to create jobs usually. FBR is historically habitual for harassment of business man; this environment has to be changed immediately if government needs to build up business friendly relationship between FBR & Trade and Industry sector. FBR use to send unnecessary Tax notices even to the Tax Paying Business Community of Pakistan. For example income Tax circular officer is use to send billions of Rupees notice to the Tax Payer Businessman, and after receiving the notice he is use to contact legal officer for link up. And when after years of court case followed by the said businessman he won the case, but his business mostly collapsed during this legal process even he is use to won the case from FBR.
Business Community has not to be harassed, and it is beneficiary for the government and Businessman as well to create trustworthy environment, and if Income Tax officer has complaint or have doubt about any trader, so first start query then complete legal process and then after having proves it has to take serious action against that person. But un necessary harassment and process of sending notices has to be stopped permanently.
Mirza Abdul Rehman said, that government had provided no relief to small traders and businessmen related to SME sector in current budget. Even due to Covid-19 situation small businessmen faced problems like (heavy billing, heavy rents of shops/business outlets, salaries of labour face by SME sector traders, but government did not do any focused/targeted effort to solve their problems. We hope that , government has to take action in current budget to solve SME sector’s problems as well. Even restaurants business has been neglected totally, which has to given category of industry in near future. Has also been focused, he added.
Mirza Abdul Rehamn said that, government has to taken back decisions which effects business men in SME sector specially. And have to do table talk finally before finalizing Budget document (before implementation) , traders problems has to be discussed and solved . He added .