Government of Pakistan

Central Board of Revenue

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C.No. 3(4) STP / 95                                                                                         Islamabad, the 12th December,1998.

SALES TAX GENERAL ORDER NO.9 / 1998

Subject :     Advisory Committees in the Collectorates of Sales Tax

For achievement of revenue targets, the Government has laid emphasis greater interaction amongst the taxpayers, their representative trade bodies and tax collectors for better coordinative revenue generating activities and for solution of problems faced by the taxpayers’ community as well as the tax collection machinery in this process. For this purpose, there is a dire need to reactivate and re-invigorate the Advisory Committees already function at Collectorate levels. The composition of these committees also requires to be reconsidered for the purposes of giving representation to FPCCI, local Chamber of Commerce & Industry, OICCI, various Trade & Industry Associations/Groups and certain individual taxpayers (like those paying substantial amount of taxes honestly and regularly) so as to ensure their enhanced cooperation , participation, guidance, voluntary compliance and redressed of problems / inconveniences.

2. All Sales Tax Collectors are , therefore, advised to take following actions in this regard:-

    1. Constitute the Advisory Committees, if already not constituted, (or re-constitute it in terms of this STGO) within 7 days and report the composition to the Board;
    2. Hold regular meeting of the Advisory Committee at least on bi-monthly basis. Minutes of the meetings should invariably be issued within 7 days of the meeting;
    3. The representation in the Committees should be comprehensive, covering all important trade bodies and individuals, as aforesaid in paragraph 1 above;
    4. Where Collectors are not available, Committees should operate at Additional Collectors level with participation of all connected, as above;
    5. Receipt of revenue and recovery of arrears may also be discussed in the meetings alongwith the difficulties / problems faced by the Collectorates / manufacturers / trading community; and
    6. Performance of the Committee be regularly monitored and evaluated at collectorate level, as the case may be , under intimation to the Board. Issues requiring action by CBR should be referred to the Board separately too, alongwith a copy of the minutes of the meeting.

3. This issues with the approval of the Chairman. Negligence or defaults in compliance of this STGO should be viewed SERIOUSLY.

 

( MUHAMMAD TAHIR )

SECRETARY (STP)