PRA to establish committee to remove objections of business community.

Lahore -- Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) wants to form a committee having representatives from Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry and other sectors to bridge the community gap.

This was stated by the Chairman PRA Zain-ul-Abidin Sahi while speaking at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Friday. LCCI Senior Vice President Ali Hussam Asghar, Vice President Mian Zahid Jawaid Ahmad, former President Mian Muzaffar Ali and former Vice President Kashif Anwar also spoke on the occasion while Commissioner Enforcement PRA Shahzad Mehmood Gondal, LCCI Executive Committee members Wasif Yousaf, Sheikh Sajjad Afzal, Fiaz Haider were present in the meeting.

Chairman PRA said that the proposed committee would have regular meetings so that policy decision can be made after due consultation with the stakeholders. An application has already been launched to have direct liaison with the taxpayers.

He said that there is a lot of development on tax harmonization between the provinces. Monthly meetings are being held between the representatives of the provinces and they have agreed on some matters. He said that a system is being designed under which taxpayer would file a single return whether he is working in one or more than one provinces. Automatic system would decide the tax segregation. He said that the provinces were expressing apprehension that it may affect the Ease of Doing Business Index therefore this system would be...