Islamabad, August 14, 2021 (PPI-OT):In line with the vision of Prime Minister of Pakistan for promoting Taxation culture in the country, a special signing ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad and Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) was held on Friday at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Vice Chancellor, Quaid-e-Azam University Dr. Muhammad Ali Shah and Chief FATE, FBR Tehmina Aamer.
MoU is aimed to promote tax culture and tax awareness to the students of Quaid-e-Azam University. It shall serve to foster positive taxation culture and awareness among students and teachers through different sets of activities, skills and experiential learning for making them responsible citizens. The training sessions will inculcate among students the significance of paying taxes and how to act the role of identifying tax evasion and reporting to the concerned tax authorities.
Federal Board of Revenue will educate and train students and teachers through taxation syllabus, training sessions and seminars. According to signed MoU, Quaid-e-Azam University will provide access to FBR for conduct of training and awareness activities in all the campuses of the university. This MoU will be applicable for three years.
On the occasion, Vice Chancellor, Quaid-e-Azam University Dr. Muhammad Ali Shah thanked FBR for introducing this idea of promoting tax culture among youth of the country. He expressed that the training sessions would enlighten the students about the necessity of tax payment which would make them tax compliant citizens.
FBR has decided to launch countrywide awareness sessions through seminars and training sessions to promote tax culture which will help to increase the number of taxpayers and revenue for the country. The ceremony was also attended by Alam Zaib Khan, Secretary FATE, Rashid Javed Rana, Secretary FATE and Adnan Akram Bajwa, Secretary PR, FBR.
For more information, contact:
Second Secretary (Public Relations)
Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)
FATE Wing, Federal Board of Revenue,
Constitution Avenue, Sector G-5,
Islamabad, Pakistan
Phone: +92-51-9217267
Fax: +92-51-9208456
Email: mujeeb.talpur@fbr.gov.pk, talpur35@gmail.com
Website: https://www.fbr.gov.pk/