Summary Matter would be taken up again at the next cabinet meeting.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhary on Wednesday said that the government has delayed the approval of proposed tax amnesty scheme for further deliberations on the matter.
He said further improvement in some provisions of this scheme is needed. The cabinet members questioned how this scheme would benefit people in current environment, he added.
It is decided that some provisions of the scheme need further fine-tuning," the minister said, adding that the matter would be taken up again at the next cabinet meeting.
Prime Minister Imran Khan had convened a special meeting of the cabinet today after some of the ministers opposed the amnesty plan, expressed their reservations and sought further clarification at Tuesday s cabinet meeting.
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Dunya News sources said that some ministers maintained how this scheme would be beneficial for economy of Pakistan.
The cabinet members expressed that businessmen were ready to take advantage of this scheme but how to ensure that this would be last amnesty scheme.
Earlier, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb launched a broadside against the federal government over the proposed Tax Amnesty Scheme, and called it a “proof” of the government’s “ineptness, incompetence and hypocrisy”.
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She strongly denounced Finance Minister Asad Umar’s stance on the matter by stating, “Those who played politics over amnesty scheme have been granting facilities to the tax evaders.”
