LAHORE, Nov 4: The government will not be able to meet revenue target for the year because PRAL (Pakistan Revenue Automation Pvt. Ltd) system is creating multiple problems for taxpayers, according to Lahore Tax Bar Association (LTBA).

“The federal finance minister and Federal Board of Revenue chairman should remove complexities in the PRAL system that was not functioning in the recent past,” said a meeting presided over by LTBA President Qari Habibur Rehman Zuberi and attended by Secretary Ali Ahsan Rana, Zahid Pervaiz, Tufail Asghar, Khurram Shahbaz, Zulfiqar Ahmad, Anis Anjum and others here on Monday.

Through a unanimous resolution, the meeting called for improvement in the Chief Revenue Office (CRO) at Islamabad, enabling it to help expand the tax net instead of creating undue hurdles for those already paying taxes.

The meeting also demanded that the FBR should grant permission for submission of wealth statement as short document besides allowing submission of manual tax returns as there have been a large number of businessmen who could not use online system.

Mr Rehman said the LTBA had already forwarded a number of complaints to the authorities concerned in this regard but to no avail. He said that the FBR chairman should take note and ensure smooth filing of tax returns.