4-day ATAIC conference to commence from 22nd

ISLAMABAD—A 4-day Conference of the top tax authorities of the Muslim World, the Association of Tax Authorities of Islamic Countries (ATAIC), will commence here from November 22.
Top tax authorities of the Muslim world are participating in the 4-day Conference (November 22-25), being held here under the auspices of Central Board of Revenue. Currently, 20 Islamic states are the members of ATAIC.
Member (Direct Taxes), CBR, Salman Nabi, in an interview, informed thatthe important topics like Resource Mobilization through increase in Tax-to-GDP Ratio and expansion in Tax Base, Promotion of Voluntary Compliance and Tax Audit as an Effective Deterrence for Tax Compliance and Shariah Taxation with particular reference to Zakat will come under discussion during the 4-day Conference.
He said that more than 65 foreign delegates have confirmed their participation in the Conference. Delegations from member and non-member states have already started arriving from Malaysian, Iranian and Saudi delegations has already arrived this morning. The Saudi delegation also visited Central Board of Revenue and hadinformal discussions with Member (Direct Taxes), Salman Nabi and Coordinator of the Conference, Mrs. Farida Amjad.
In the afternoon, the tax team from Kuwait was welcomed by Commissioner Income Tax, Medium Taxpayers Unit, Rawalpindi, Iqbal Muzaffar and other senior officials of CBR at Islamabad Airport. Delegates from Morocco, Senegal, Turkey, Jordon, Bahrain and Azerbaijan are scheduled to arrive tomorrow.
Delegates from some of the Islamic countries including Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia etc. are expected to arrive here on Wednesday morning. It may be noted that ATAIC is the second international conference, organized by the Central Board of Revenue, in a short span of less than a month. Earlier, CBR’s Directorate General of Customs Intelligence hosted a 3-day conference of Contact Points of World Customs Organization’s Regional Intelligence Liaison Offices (RILOs) for Asia & Pacific (AP) from October 30 to November 1, 2006.—APP