Minister for Finance Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar chaired a meeting of National Tax Council in Islamabad on Monday.

The meeting reviewed the progress on the decisions of the last meetings of the NTC on harmonization of GST across the country.

The Finance Minister shared that in order to have ease of doing business, harmonization of GST is important. Further, GST harmonization will be a major step towards completion of policy actions under World Bank’s RISE programme.

Chairman FBR and provincial stakeholders extended their consensus to proceed ahead in the spirit of greater national interest for harmonization of GST under the umbrella of National Tax Council.

Source: Radio Pakistan