ISLAMABAD: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Wednesday urged the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to focus on broadening tax base by finding new taxpayers. FPCCI President Zubair Tufail said that existing taxpayers are already discharging all the obligations therefore they should not be overburdened. Business community regularly pay all the applicable taxes including sales, excise duty, income and professional tax, infrastructure development, EOBI etc., he added. He said that the FPCCI has been receiving complaints from existing taxpayers about the attitude of the staff of Inland Revenue. Raids have been carried out on different factories, entire record of some of the companies has been taken in custody the staff was harassed. He noted that frequent raids on business premises and offices, while unnecessary audit notices have sending the wrong signal. He said FBR Chairman Dr Muhammad Irshad should direct the concerned staff not to annoy the business community. He said the FBR chairman has recently announced an end to the raids for one month, which must be followed. He said revenue target can only be achieved when finding new taxpayers is kept on the priority.