PESHAWAR
\nThe Khyber Pakthunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) has awarded top five withholding agents on the basis of their outstanding performance in revenue collection.
\nA taxpayers\u2019 appreciation ceremony was held at the KPRA headquarters here where the representatives of the best-performing taxpayers were invited.
\nKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Finance Taimur Jhagra was the chief guest at the ceremony which was also graced by the members of KPRA\u2019s policy board including provincial ministers, secretaries and private members of the board.
\nThe award-winning taxpayers were including businesses run by individuals, and associations of persons and companies from both the corporate and non-corporate sectors. Besides this, certificates of appreciation were also given to the KPRA\u2019s best-performing officers during the financial year enabling the KPRA to achieve its targets.
\nTo recognize role of its taxpayers, KPRA presented awards to the top contributing taxpayers in the financial year 2021-22.
\nKPRA presented mementos to a total 51 taxpayers selected from 10 different sectors and awarded the top five withholding agents on the basis of their revenue contribution to KPRA in the financial year 2021-22 and their tax overall compliance level.
\nKPRA Director General Muhammad Kabir Afridi welcomed the taxpayers and members of the KPRA\u2019s policy board in his remarks and appreciated the role of the taxpayers and the team of the KPRA for their contribution in enabling the Authority to achieve its revenue and non-revenue targets.
\n\u201cOur aim is to make our province fiscally self-reliant so that our government has enough funds for its developmental schemes for uplift of the province,\u201d Kabir Afridi said adding that the number of registered taxpayers has exceeded 19,000 which shows the trust of the taxpayers on the KPRA and the provincial government.
\nMinister Finance Taimur Khan Jhagra appreciated the efforts of the KPRA team and the role of the taxpayer, adding that KPRA\u2019s annual growth rate was rapidly increasing as compared to other provinces.
\n\u201cThis year we are hopeful to take our revenue collection to Rs40 billion,\u201d he said adding that the taxpayer\u2019s satisfaction has reached 99% in the taxpayers\u2019 perception survey which is excellent and shows taxpayers\u2019 trust in KPRA.
\nThe aim of the event was to recognize the contribution of those who are in the tax net and deserve to be recognized and we will arrange a bigger event in the coming year, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR The Khyber Pakthunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) has awarded top five withholding agents on the basis of their outstanding performance in revenue collection. A taxpayers\u2019 appreciation ceremony was held at the KPRA headquarters here where the representatives of the best-performing taxpayers were invited. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Finance Taimur Jhagra was the chief guest at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-304535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"\n