Hafeez reviews proposals for budget 2019/2020

Hafeez reviews proposals for budget 2019/2020

ISLAMABAD: Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh chaired a meeting on Sunday to review the proposals for budget 2019/2020.
Shabbar Zaidi, Chairman, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), gave a detailed presentation about the budget proposals for the upcoming budget.
He proposed various steps to expand the tax base as well as increase revenue of the country.
The adviser directed FBR to make tax collection process further easier and initiate measures to broadening the tax base.
The meeting was also attended by the Adviser to PM on Commerce, Textile, Industry and Production and Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood, Minister of State for Revenue, Muhammad Hammad Azhar and other senior officials of Finance Ministry and FBR.