MIRPUR (Kashmir English): Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) State Inland Revenue Department organised a capacity-building training workshop of the department’s staffers.
The purpose of the training was to apprise the staffers of of the amendments recently introduced in the tax laws through the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Finance Act 2025.
The IRD South Region AJK Commissioner Syed Ansar Ali managed the day-long event in the light of the specific instructions of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Central Board of Revenue Chairman Chaudhry Muhammad Raqeeb.
The workshop was attended by senior officers besides the field staff of the State Inland Revenue Department.
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An IRD spokesman said the staffers were told that the government has made numerous amendments in various tax laws, including the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, the Sales Tax Act, 1990, the Federal Excise Act, 2005, etc.
According to the spokesperson, the event remained very successful in legal and academic terms and the Inland Revenue Department resolved on this occasion to host such training workshops in the future to boost the professional skills and capabilities of the staffers of the department with prime focus to bring maximum of the due filers in the tax net.
The workshop was attended among others by Commissioner Inland Revenue (Appeals) Basil Siddique and Additional Commissioner (Inland Revenue) Dr. Shazia Habib, besides Circle Officers, Inspectors and staff members of the three districts of Mirpur Division.
In the closing hours of the event, Commissioner Appeals Basil Siddique, Additional Commissioner Inland Revenue Dr. Shazia Habib and Commissioner Inland Revenue (South Zone) Syed Ansar Ali congratulated the participants of the workshop for organizing a successful event.
