Minister Finance Punjab Dr. Ayesha Ghaus Pasha has said that Punjab government has developed an ambitious taxation and public financial management reforms roadmap which has been approved by the Chief Minister Punjab. She told that the objectives of the roadmap are to reform provincial tax collection system and to improve financial management of the government. She said that the reform programme aims to mobilize revenues by improving tax administration to stop leakage of taxes, broadening tax base and bringing greater transparency in the tax collection systems. Similarly, on the public financial management side, reforms have been planned to introduce modern financial management systems in the province, bringing in budgeting reforms to shift from annual, incremental approach to evidence based, medium term and performance based budgeting, she added. She said that another important component of the reforms is the capacity building of government staff on public financial management.
She expressed this during a donor coordination meeting to review the detailed implementation plan for taxation and public financial management reforms in Punjab. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Ayesha Ghous Pahsa, attended by Senior Member Board of Revenue, Yusuf Khan Finance Secretary, Ali Tahir Secretary Excise and Taxation, Raheel Siddiqui Chairperson Punjab Revenue Authority and other senior officials of Punjab Government. Mr. Ben French DFID’s provincial representative, Omar Mukhtar Khan Governance Advisor DFID, Ms. Irum Touquir World Bank Islamabad and Ms. Catherine Froehline Representative of GIZ / German Embassy represented Punjab Government’s development partners in the meeting.
Dr. Ayesha Ghaus Pahsa expressed her gratitude to development partners for committing to provide technical assistance to government on all areas identified in the reform plan. She said that leadership in Punjab wants to mobilize maximum resources in Punjab without increasing rates of taxes or over-burdening the existing taxpayers, the idea here is to mobilize more resources by stopping leakages and broadening the tax base. She expressed the hope that with support of its development partners, government of Punjab will be able to achieve a very ambitious tax collection target set in the Budget Estimates 2015-16. She also added that government is also strengthening the institutional capacity of Finance Department in order make it a modern, 21st century department that would be able to efficiently serve all line departments of the Punjab. On behalf of development partners, Mr. Ben French assured the Finance Minister that they would provide maximum support to this home grown agenda of taxation and PFM reforms in Punjab.
First donor coordination meeting was held last month, in this workshop government’s reform plan was shared with its development partners including DFID, World Bank and GIZ. It was decided that government will develop a detailed implementation plan and implement it with the support of its development partners. The development partners were invited to select the areas in reform strategy that they would like to support. Minister Finance Punjab Dr. Ayesha Ghaus Pasha has said that Punjab government has developed an ambitious taxation and public financial management reforms roadmap which has been approved by the Chief Minister Punjab. She told that the objectives of the roadmap are to reform provincial tax collection system and to improve financial management of the government. She said that the reform programme aims to mobilize revenues by improving tax administration to stop leakage of taxes, broadening tax base and bringing greater transparency in the tax collection systems. Similarly, on the public financial management side, reforms have been planned to introduce modern financial management systems in the province, bringing in budgeting reforms to shift from annual, incremental approach to evidence based, medium term and performance based budgeting, she added. She said that another important component of the reforms is the capacity building of government staff on public financial management.
She expressed this during a donor coordination meeting to review the detailed implementation plan for taxation and public financial management reforms in Punjab. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Ayesha Ghous Pahsa, attended by Senior Member Board of Revenue, Yusuf Khan Finance Secretary, Ali Tahir Secretary Excise and Taxation, Raheel Siddiqui Chairperson Punjab Revenue Authority and other senior officials of Punjab Government. Mr. Ben French DFID’s provincial representative, Omar Mukhtar Khan Governance Advisor DFID, Ms. Irum Touquir World Bank Islamabad and Ms. Catherine Froehline Representative of GIZ / German Embassy represented Punjab Government’s development partners in the meeting.
Dr. Ayesha Ghaus Pahsa expressed her gratitude to development partners for committing to provide technical assistance to government on all areas identified in the reform plan. She said that leadership in Punjab wants to mobilize maximum resources in Punjab without increasing rates of taxes or over-burdening the existing taxpayers, the idea here is to mobilize more resources by stopping leakages and broadening the tax base. She expressed the hope that with support of its development partners, government of Punjab will be able to achieve a very ambitious tax collection target set in the Budget Estimates 2015-16. She also added that government is also strengthening the institutional capacity of Finance Department in order make it a modern, 21st century department that would be able to efficiently serve all line departments of the Punjab. On behalf of development partners, Mr. Ben French assured the Finance Minister that they would provide maximum support to this home grown agenda of taxation and PFM reforms in Punjab.
First donor coordination meeting was held last month, in this workshop government’s reform plan was shared with its development partners including DFID, World Bank and GIZ. It was decided that government will develop a detailed implementation plan and implement it with the support of its development partners. The development partners were invited to select the areas in reform strategy that they would like to support.
Minister Finance Punjab Dr. Ayesha Ghaus Pasha has said that Punjab government has developed an ambitious taxation and public financial management reforms roadmap which has been approved by the Chief Minister Punjab. She told that the objectives of the roadmap are to reform provincial tax collection system and to improve financial management of the government. She said that the reform programme aims to mobilize revenues by improving tax administration to stop leakage of taxes, broadening tax base and bringing greater transparency in the tax collection systems. Similarly, on the public financial management side, reforms have been planned to introduce modern financial management systems in the province, bringing in budgeting reforms to shift from annual, incremental approach to evidence based, medium term and performance based budgeting, she added. She said that another important component of the reforms is the capacity building of government staff on public financial management.
She expressed this during a donor coordination meeting to review the detailed implementation plan for taxation and public financial management reforms in Punjab. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Ayesha Ghous Pahsa, attended by Senior Member Board of Revenue, Yusuf Khan Finance Secretary, Ali Tahir Secretary Excise and Taxation, Raheel Siddiqui Chairperson Punjab Revenue Authority and other senior officials of Punjab Government. Mr. Ben French DFID’s provincial representative, Omar Mukhtar Khan Governance Advisor DFID, Ms. Irum Touquir World Bank Islamabad and Ms. Catherine Froehline Representative of GIZ / German Embassy represented Punjab Government’s development partners in the meeting.
Dr. Ayesha Ghaus Pahsa expressed her gratitude to development partners for committing to provide technical assistance to government on all areas identified in the reform plan. She said that leadership in Punjab wants to mobilize maximum resources in Punjab without increasing rates of taxes or over-burdening the existing taxpayers, the idea here is to mobilize more resources by stopping leakages and broadening the tax base. She expressed the hope that with support of its development partners, government of Punjab will be able to achieve a very ambitious tax collection target set in the Budget Estimates 2015-16. She also added that government is also strengthening the institutional capacity of Finance Department in order make it a modern, 21st century department that would be able to efficiently serve all line departments of the Punjab. On behalf of development partners, Mr. Ben French assured the Finance Minister that they would provide maximum support to this home grown agenda of taxation and PFM reforms in Punjab.
First donor coordination meeting was held last month, in this workshop government’s reform plan was shared with its development partners including DFID, World Bank and GIZ. It was decided that government will develop a detailed implementation plan and implement it with the support of its development partners. The development partners were invited to select the areas in reform strategy that they would like to support. Minister Finance Punjab Dr. Ayesha Ghaus Pasha has said that Punjab government has developed an ambitious taxation and public financial management reforms roadmap which has been approved by the Chief Minister Punjab. She told that the objectives of the roadmap are to reform provincial tax collection system and to improve financial management of the government. She said that the reform programme aims to mobilize revenues by improving tax administration to stop leakage of taxes, broadening tax base and bringing greater transparency in the tax collection systems. Similarly, on the public financial management side, reforms have been planned to introduce modern financial management systems in the province, bringing in budgeting reforms to shift from annual, incremental approach to evidence based, medium term and performance based budgeting, she added. She said that another important component of the reforms is the capacity building of government staff on public financial management.
She expressed this during a donor coordination meeting to review the detailed implementation plan for taxation and public financial management reforms in Punjab. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Ayesha Ghous Pahsa, attended by Senior Member Board of Revenue, Yusuf Khan Finance Secretary, Ali Tahir Secretary Excise and Taxation, Raheel Siddiqui Chairperson Punjab Revenue Authority and other senior officials of Punjab Government. Mr. Ben French DFID’s provincial representative, Omar Mukhtar Khan Governance Advisor DFID, Ms. Irum Touquir World Bank Islamabad and Ms. Catherine Froehline Representative of GIZ / German Embassy represented Punjab Government’s development partners in the meeting.
Dr. Ayesha Ghaus Pahsa expressed her gratitude to development partners for committing to provide technical assistance to government on all areas identified in the reform plan. She said that leadership in Punjab wants to mobilize maximum resources in Punjab without increasing rates of taxes or over-burdening the existing taxpayers, the idea here is to mobilize more resources by stopping leakages and broadening the tax base. She expressed the hope that with support of its development partners, government of Punjab will be able to achieve a very ambitious tax collection target set in the Budget Estimates 2015-16. She also added that government is also strengthening the institutional capacity of Finance Department in order make it a modern, 21st century department that would be able to efficiently serve all line departments of the Punjab. On behalf of development partners, Mr. Ben French assured the Finance Minister that they would provide maximum support to this home grown agenda of taxation and PFM reforms in Punjab.
First donor coordination meeting was held last month, in this workshop government’s reform plan was shared with its development partners including DFID, World Bank and GIZ. It was decided that government will develop a detailed implementation plan and implement it with the support of its development partners. The development partners were invited to select the areas in reform strategy that they would like to support.