Islamabad: Federal Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Sheikh on Thursday told National Assembly that the government was going to change national tax policy from 2012 .
Responding a call attention notice in National Assembly, the minister said that in 2009-10 there were 31 lakhs National Tax Number (NTN) holder in the country which rose to 33 lakhs in 2010-11.
He said that the government was going to make mandatory for the NTN holder to file tax returns. He briefed the house about the measures the government is taking to broaden the tax base.
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