KATHMANDU: Finance Minister Barshaman Pun has instructed subordinate agencies to motivate taxpayers. With the aim to boost revenue collection in the last month of the current fiscal year, he invited senior government employees related to tax and revenue administration to the ministry on Thursday to give these instructions.

"Let's not put undue pressure on taxpayers but encourage them to pay taxes properly," he said. "The state is also the guardian of taxpayers."

He also directed them to listen to the legitimate complaints of taxpayers who act with good intentions and to address these complaints as per the law.

Finance Secretary Madhu Kumar Marasini and Revenue Secretary Dr. Ram Prasad Ghimire also emphasized the need to accelerate the collection of arrears in the last month of the current fiscal year. They stressed that maximum efforts should be made to meet the final revenue collection target for the current fiscal year. -- RSS