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Secretary General, Revenue Division/Chairman Federal Board of Revenue Mr. M. Abdullah Yusuf has called upon the businessmen, traders and industrialists to take full advantage of the newly announced amnesty scheme "Tax Investment Scheme 2008" for legalisation of their hidden assets by paying just 2% tax.

Speaking at a ceremony held in connection with formal launching of the scheme at the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industy last evening, the Chairman said that the scheme is applicable for both registered and un-registered persons. On a query regarding ascertaining of the value of the hidden / undeclared assets, the Chairman said that it would be accepted on the basis of "fair market value of the assets as declared by you."

He told the ICCI members that if any one declares assets of greater value, he can take its advantage from the banks for further promotion of his business. FBR Chairman said that the amnesty scheme was a major initiative of the present Government and the business community needs to respond it in a big way. He was confident that the Islamabad Chamber, being a proposer of this scheme and a model chamber, would take lead and show 100% compliance.

Stressing on the enhancement of tax-to-GDP ratio, the Chairman underlined that we need to raise the existing ratio of 11% to 15%. Had it been the 15% tax-to-GDP ratio today, the revenue collection for the year 2007-08 would have reached to Rs. 1.4 trillion. In his opinion, there was a gap of Rs. 400 billion in revenue collection due to lower tax-to-GDP ratio.

Referring to the opportunities available in the country and the challenges faced by the business Community, the Chairman hoped that they will take all advantage of the opportunities and help to improve revenue collection and expand tax base.

On the occasion, Mr. Abdullah Yusuf also referred to the recently announced "Tax Arrears Settlement Incentive Scheme (TASIS)' of the Government which allowed the taxpayers to settle their tax arrears, including additional tax and penalty for non-payment. He hoped that the taxpayers would also take benefit of this scheme and pay their outstanding due without any penalty within the specified period.

Earlier, in his welcome address Mr. M. Muhammad Ijaz Abbasi, President of ICCI, congratulated FBR Chairman, Mr. M. Abdullah Yusuf and members of his team, for crossing the psychological barrier of Rs. One trillion in revenue collection. "This is an outstanding performance. Credit goes to Mr. Abdullah Yusuf and all of his team members," he added. He also thanked the Chairman for accepting their proposal of the amnesty scheme.

FBR's Member (DT), Mr. Usman Khalid Mirza was also present on the occasion.
 

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)

Secretary (PR)

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)
Secretary (PR)

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)
Secretary (PR)

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)
Secretary (PR)

In order to facilitate the taxpayers to pay their due taxes, all authorized branches of State Bank of Pakistan and National Bank of Pakistan will remain open till 6.00 p.m. on Saturday & Sunday, the 28th & 29th June, 2008 and uptill 10.00 p.m. on Monday, the 30th June, 2008.

Accordingly, all Income Tax Offices will remain open till 8.00 p.m. on Saturday & Sunday, (28th & 29th June) and till 12.00 midnight on Saturday, the 30th June, 2008. They will receive CPRs (challans) and arrange collection of tax and facilitate the taxpayers.

These measures have been taken by the Federal Board of Revenue as a part of its policy to extend all possible help and cooperation to the taxpayers in meeting their tax obligations.
 

National Assembly of Pakistan today approved the Finance Bill for financial year 2008-09. Out of total 76 amendments, proposed by the Senate of Pakistan, 51 proposals have been accepted. The remaining 15 proposals will be duly considered during the course of the year.

Major Amendments made in the Finance Bill, passed by the National Assembly today, concerning Sales Tax & Federal Excise are as under:

• Definition of cottage industry has been amended to provide that those manufacturers shall fall within the purview of cottage industry whose annual utility bill is below seven lac rupees and annual turnover is below Rs. Five million. Earlier the utility bill limit was six lac rupees. It may be noted that supplies of cottage industry are exempt from payment of sales tax.

• Exemption from payment of sales tax has also been granted by amending Sixth Schedule of Sales Tax Act, 1990, to hospitals owned by federal or provincial government, hospitals of statutory teaching universities having two hundred or more beds and charitable hospitals having fifty or more beds.

• The services of property developers and promoters have been subjected to federal excise duty by amendment in First Schedule. The development of plots shall be subject to FED at Rs. 100 per square yard and construction of residential and commercial units shall be subject to FED at Rs. 50 per square foot of covered area.

  The duty structure for cigarettes has been changed to reflect increase in prices of cigarettes. The new structure shall be effective from 22nd June 2008.
  
  
  Amendments pertaining to Customs include the reduction of import duty on sulphonic acid from 15% to 10%.
  
  
  INCOME TAX :
  
  Earlier, the definition of urban area for the purpose of CVT, apart from rating areas, also included the following extended areas:

  I. In respect of Karachi, 40 kms from the outer limit of rating area or Cantonment Board.
  
  II. In respect of Faisalabad & Lahore, 30 kms form the outer limit of rating area or Cantonment Board.
  
  III. In respect of other cities, 10 kms form the outer limit of the rating areas.

  
  Now, the urban area for the purpose of CVT has been restricted to rating areas only and the above limits have been withdrawn.

  2. In Finance Bill, a proposal was included whereby the limit of donation to charitable institutions, educational intuitions and hospitals etc were reduced from 30% and 15% to 10% of the taxable income in respect of individuals and companies. By making amendment in the Finance Bill this reduction in donation for the purpose of tax credit to a donor has been withdrawn.
  
  3. One time collection of Withholding Tax (WHT) on purchase of new cars has been reduced substantially. The rate of WHT on purchase of new cars will now be as under:

       4. Exemption form Withholding Tax (WHT) in respect of the following categories of exporters   
         has been allowed:

i) Direct & Indirect exporters covered, by DTRE scheme.

ii) Goods temporarily imported into Pakistan for the purpose of re-export.

iii) Manufacturing bonds.

Further, WHT on import of cotton lint, cotton yarn, and fabrics will be subjected to 1% WHT. The anomaly has been removed by bringing it at par with five (5) zero-rated sectors in Sales Tax.


5. Earlier, the senior citizens of age 60 and above were allowed a 50% rebate on tax liability if their total taxable income was upto Rs. 400,000. This limit has been increased to RS. 500, 000 to give relief to the senior citizens.

6. Earlier fixed tax was imposed on builders and developers. Now this tax has been withdrawn as income tax and the Federal Excise duty on services of property developers and builders has been levied.

Several other changes of editorial nature have also been made on the basis of the discussion in the Parliament on the Bill.
 

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)
Secretary (PR)

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)
Secretary (PR)

It has been decided that FBR Helpline will remain open from 09.00 A.M. to 09.00 P.M. from 11th to 30th June, 2008 to facilitate the taxpayers regarding their queries about taxation measures / changes in respect of Income Tax, Customs, Sales Tax and Federal Excise proposed in the Federal Budget 2008- 2009.
Officers and staff will be available at FBR Helpline to answer queries on budgetary measures immediately after the conclusion of Budget Speech. Taxpayers can seek help and assistance at FBR’s Toll-Free Help line number 0800-00 227 and 051-111-227-227. FBR’s website www.fbr.gov.pk  is also accessible for free downloading of Budget 2008-2009 after the conclusion of Budget Speech on 11th June 2008.

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(Khawar Khurshid Butt)
Member. FATE / Official Spokesman, FBR

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Usman Khalid Mirza
Member (Direct Taxes)

FBR has surpassed the revenue target of Rs. 84.8 billion assigned for May 2008.

2. The provisional tax collection for May 2008 has achieved an overall growth of 30.3%. The net collection during May 2008 has been Rs. 86 billion against Rs. 66 billion during May 2007. The revenue on account of direct taxes has risen from Rs. 20 billion last May to Rs. 24.1 billion in May 2008 reflecting a growth of 20.3%. The sales tax collection has jumped to Rs. 38.5 billion as against Rs. 27.4 billion of last May showing a growth of 40.3%. While sales tax on import stage has increased by 16.8%, the increase in the domestic component is 76%. The collection of federal excise duties has increased by 15.9%, increasing from Rs. 7.3 billion to Rs. 8.5 billion. Finally, a healthy growth of 33.3% has been recorded in the collection of customs duties where the net receipts have reached Rs. 14.9 billion against Rs. 11.2 billion of last May.

3. The July – May collection of FBR now stands at Rs. 849.6 billion as against Rs. 722.5 billion of corresponding period of last year showing an overall growth of 17.6%.

4. The provisional figures for the month of May are expected to increase further during the next few days.

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(Khawar Khurshid Butt)
Member (FATE)
Official Spokesman of Federal Board of Revenue
Dated: 02-06-2008

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)
Secretary (PR)

The taxpayers registered with Large Taxpayers Unit, Karachi, are now required to file returns through FBR’s e-portal and the previous system of filing returns through Banxis has been discontinued. Because of difficulties anticipated in transition from e-filing on Banxis to e-filing on FBR’s e-portal, the Federal Board of Revenue, through ST Circular 03/2008 has extended the due date for electronic filing of sales tax-cum-federal excise return and invoice summary statements for the tax period April 2008 from 15^th May to 20^th May, 2008, for registered persons falling in the jurisdiction of Large Taxpayers Unit, Karachi.

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(Hameed Memon)
Secretary ST-L&P FBR

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has renamed the ‘Tax Management System’ (TMS) as ‘Mahassal’ for speedy implementation of a homegrown system covering all income tax-related functions, including returns analysis, assessment and verification processes.

Sources told Business Recorder on Saturday that if the ‘Mahassal’ system failed in proper computerization of direct taxes, the whole project of automation and integration of taxes would suffer a serious set-back under the reforms.

The ‘Mahassal’ team, headed by Project Director Ranna Ahmed, recently met FBR Chairman Abdullah Yusuf to give a demonstration on the new system.

There were some misunderstandings between the ‘Mahassal’ development team from Lahore and tax officials at the FBR. However, the FBR Member, Taxpayer Education and Facilitation, Khawar Khurshid Butt, took the initiative for bridging the communication gap between the ‘Mahassal’ team and the FBR officials.

During 5-6 hours presentation, it was decided that the ‘Mahassal’ would be made part of the reform process to declare it as a key initiative for direct taxes automation. The FBR agreed to declare ‘Mahassal’ as a project under the reform agenda.

The project would be an end-to-end solution to all direct taxes related operations and maintenance of tax records. The project would cover documentation of income tax returns, calculation of taxes, raising demands, issuance of computerized notices, appeal system, taxpayer ledger and balance system and other operations of direct taxes side.

The original project i.e. TMS was not functioning properly due to lack of facilities and support to the ‘Mahassal’ team in Lahore. Practically, the TMS was not functioning error-free for the last few months. This prompted the team to revamp the entire system under a new name i.e. ‘Mahassal’ by applying new methodology with the help of FBR.

Moreover, the Pakistan Revenue Automation Limited (PRAL) wanted to maintain its monopoly by installation of computerized system through its own experts.

On the other hand, project development team informed the FBR that the software would be almost free of cost as compared to expensive computer systems being purchased from advance countries.

Sources said that the ‘Mahassal’ team is working at Lahore without any proper support or funding creating problems for implementation of the project. As a pilot project, the ‘Mahassal’ is being tested at the Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU), Lahore, for processing of income tax data of around 224 top business entities.

When the testing is successful, the system would be replicated at other LTUs and reformed units across the country.

To accomplish the task, the FBR Chairman has directed the concerned departments to provide necessary accommodation, resources, computer servers and infrastructure to the ‘Mahassal’ development team in Lahore.

Sources said that the project team requested the FBR Chairman to develop a new web-based E-portal for directly collecting data of income tax returns under the ‘Mahassal’. The team has found that the existing income tax returns information on E-portal is not error-free, which pointed towards developing a new web-based system.

However, the representatives of PRAL argued why a separate E-portal was required in the presence of an E-portal already collecting income tax returns. The FBR Chairman directed the foreign consultant to provide necessary information of both E-portals to the experts. It would be decided whether ‘Mahassal’ proposed E-portal is better or not.

The project director demanded filing of returns electronically through their proposed E-portal on experimental basis. This would allow the ‘Mahassal’ to directly upload the income tax returns on the system for further analysis. Presently, taxpayers are still facing problems in filing returns, electronically through the existing E-portal.

Sources said that the apprehensions of the project team were removed and the system would be given due attention of the board for its implementation countrywide.

FBR Chairman also directed the project team to ensure cleaning of income tax data which is necessary for implementation of any integrated system.

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)
Secretary (PR)

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)
Secretary (PR)

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Mehmood Alam
Additional Secretary

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Mehmood Alam
Additional Secretary

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( Khawar Khurshid Butt )
Member (FATE)
Official Spokesman of
Federal Board of Revenue

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)
Secretary (PR)

 Federal Board of Revenue today approved the promotion of 63 Inspectors of Income Tax Department from BS-11 & 14 to BS-16 as Income Tax Officers.

The approval was given at a meeting of the Departmental Promotion Committee held under the chairmanship of the Member (Admn) of FBR, Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Muhammad Yasin.

This is after a long time that such a huge number of Inspectors have been promoted as Income Tax Officers.

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)
Secretary (PR)

Secretary General, Revenue Division & Chairman, Federal Board of Revenue, Mr. M. Abdullah Yusuf has called upon the tax managers to gear up their efforts to maximise revenue generation.

He was addressing the Directors General of Regional Tax Offices & Large Taxpayers Units, Commissioners of Income Tax & Commissioners (Appeals) at 17th National Tax Conference, held here today under the auspices of FBR.

Mr. Abdullah Yusuf identified various grey areas from which the full revenue potential is yet to be tapped. He also underlined the need of plugging the revenue leakages to improve direct taxes collection.

Earlier, Member (Direct Taxes), Mr. Usman Khalid Mirza, in his presentation, briefed the Conference about the overall performance of the Wing and its field formations. Collection upto March 08 was Rs. 257.6 billion as against Rs. 237.8 billion in the corresponding period of last year.

While discussing the performance, the Member (DT) pointed out the gaps in various areas. He stressed upon bridging these gaps. He exhorted the tax officers to pay attention on monitoring of withholding taxes, Creation and Collection out of Demand and other avenues to enhance revenue collection.
The Conference, during its deliberations, discussed and took decisions on strategy for achieving the revenue targets, disposal of pending refunds claims, recovery of arrears and the issue of tax exemptions. Conference also reviewed the progress in data entry of returns and annual employer’s statements and deliberated on achievements of targets in remaining period of the current financial year.
 

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)
Secretary (PR

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Rizwan Salabat
Second Secretary Tariff
(ST 7 FE)

The sales of automobile industry (Local Car Manufacturers) had gone down considerably in the beginning of this year due to the power and political crises in the country and the exchequer was suffering huge losses on account of customs duty and sales tax. In order to safeguard, the revenue, the withholding tax @ 2.5% under section 231B (Advance and Adjustable) collected by the manufacturers or authorized dealers of motor car at the time of sale of motor car was suspended, initially for a period of two months i.e. February 21 to April 20, 2008. This temporary suspension of withholding tax gave good results in the shape of increase in sales of cars and consequently the Government revenue on account of collection of sales tax and customs duty also increased in March 2008 as compared to February 2008.

In view of increase in collection of customs duty and sales tax, the Government decided to extend the period of suspension of collection of advance withholding tax @ 2.5% collectable from the buyers of local motor cars upto June 30, 2008 through Notification S.R.O. No. 383(1)/2008 dated April 21, 2008.

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)
Secretary (PR)

The Agricultural Diesel Engines Manufacturers Group requested the Federal Board Revenue to enhance the existing range of Agriculture Diesel Engines (Single Cylinder) from “12-32 HP” to “3-36 HP” in terms of serial number 94 of SRO 565(1)/2006 dated 05.6.2006 on the basis that Single Cylinder Diesel Engines of 3HP to 36HP has been declared as manufactured locally vide CGO No. 18/2007 dated 29.12.2007.

The request was examined in consultation with the Ministry of Food, Agricultural and Live Stocks (MINFAL) and the Engineering Development Board (EDB). A consensus was evolved to accede the request of the Agricultural Diesel Engines Manufactures Group and thereby to allow the import of CKD Kits of Agriculture Diesel Engines (Single Cylinder 3-36 HP) at 10% concessionary rate of duty.

Accordingly, a notification SRO 384(1)/2008 dated 21st April, 2008 (Annex-I) has been issued enhancing the existing range of CKD Kits of Agriculture Diesel Engines (Single Cylinder) from 12-32 HP to 3-36 HP under SRO 565(1)/2006 dated 05.6.2006. Thereby, the CKD Kits will be importable at 10% concessionary rate of duty for manufacture of said engines. The notification dated 21st April, 2008 is effective from 29th December, 2007 i.e., the date on which the CGO No. 18/2007 had been issued.

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)
Secretary (PR)

Quarterly Conference of Collectors of Sales Tax & Federal Excise & Collectors (Appeals), held here today under the chairmanship of the Secretary General, Revenue Division & Chairman, Federal Board of Revenue, Mr. M. Abdullah Yusuf, has decided to make e-filing of sales tax returns mandatory from 1st July, 2008.

During the Conference, it was informed that total sales tax collection in first nine month of current financial year (July-March) was Rs. 258.4 billion as compared to Rs. 218.4 bn in the corresponding period of the last financial year, showing an increase of Rs. 40 billion.

Major sectors which have shown positive growth as compared to last year were Telecom (24.6%), POL (48.9%), Natural Gas (4.3%), Sugar (1.3%), Cigarettes (18.4%), Services (20.3%), Aerated Waters/Concentrate of beverages (24.9%), Iron & Steel (112.2%) etc.
In federal excise, the total collection from July 2007 to March, 2008 (9 month) was Rs. 61.8 billion as compared to Rs.47.72 billion in the same period last year, indicating an increase of Rs. 14.08 billion. Major revenue spinners showing positive growth were Cigarettes (18.94%), Natural Gas (8%), Services (252%) etc.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chairman called upon the Collectors to intensify their efforts to enhance revenue collection. In this regard, he emphasised on conducting sectoral research to identify the gap between the revenue potential existing in various sectors of the country and the taxes they were actually paying. We have to narrow down this gap to enhance the sales tax and federal excise collection. To achieve this objective, we need to implement a comprehensive strategy, he added.

Talking on the issue of sales tax refund claims, the Chairman stressed the need of removing all the bottlenecks confronting the system to deal with the issue in an effective manner. “We must know what is actually to be paid”, he remarked.

He, however, underlined the need of clearly identifying the level & type of the refund problem. All genuine refund claims must be cleared after due verification by the system and all efforts must be directed towards narrowing down the issue, Mr. Yusuf emphasised.

Commenting on automation systems, currently operating in various FBR offices, the Chairman emphasised that all these systems must be effective, reliable and productive and give the desired results. “Incompleteness of the automated systems creates problems”, Mr. Abdullah Yusuf observed.
Revenue impact of new budgetary measures, taken in the last budget, was also reviewed during the Conference and termed it satisfactory. Budget proposals for the year 2008-09, measures for expeditious feeding of sales tax returns, recovery of arrears, audit performance of collectorates adjudication pendency etc. also came under discussion and necessary decisions were taken.

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)
Secretary (PR)

Federal Board of Revenue has appointed Maj.Gen. (Retd.) Muhammad Yasin, Member (Admn), FBR, as Chief Coordinator for the Revenue Budget-2008, according to an office order, issued by the Board.
Mr. Saeed-ur-Rehman, Chief (Management), FBR, has been appointed Coordinator and Mr. Saeed Iqbal, Chief (Admn.) & Mr. Mahmood Hussain, Secretary(S&M) have been appointed Chief Security Officer & Dy. Chief Security Officer respectively for the Revenue Budget 2008.
All these appointments have been made with the approval of the Acting Chairman, FBR, Mr. Usman Khalid Mirza.

A 46-member group comprising officers of the senior Management Course of National Management College, Lahore, currently on inland study tour, today visited Federal Board of Revenue and remained there for some time.

During the visit, the course participants were briefed by the Official Spokesman & Member, Facilitation & Taxpayers Education of FBR, Mr. Khawar Khurshid Butt on the on-going tax Administration Reforms Programme. He informed the participating senior officers that the total cost of the programme has been estimated as $ 149 million which was funded by the World Bank, DFID and Government of Pakistan. He said, three Large Taxpayers Units, 12 Regional Tax Offices, Model Customs Collectorates and 65 Tax Facilitation Centres have been established for the facilitation of the taxpayers under TARP.

The Spokesman said that the results of the Programme so far achieved were very encouraging in terms of increase in revenue collection, facilitation of the taxpayers, reducing cost of dong business, minimizing interaction between the tax collectors and taxpayers, reducing the level of corruption, attracting foreign investment etc. He said the revenue collection which was in the vicinity of Rs. 300 billion few years back was reached at Rs. 846 bn in 2006-07.

Later, the spokesman answered the questions of the course participants.
 

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)

Secretary (PR)

Federal Board of Revenue has amended its Notification S.R.O. 330(1)/2008, dated 31-03-2008 to improve the vigilance on the possible smuggling of rice, pulses of all sorts, wheat and wheat products into all neighboring countries. Previously, these powers were restricted to check smuggling into Afghanistan only.

The powers will remain delegated to Frontier Corps (NWFP and Balochistan) and Pakistan Rangers (Punjab and Singh) till 15.5.2008.

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)

Secretary (PR

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Usman Khalid Mirza
Additional Secretary

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Asif Abbas
Second Secretary (ST-Budget)

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)
Secretary (PR)

Federal Minister for Finance Mr. Ishaq Dar visited FBR Headquarters today and was given a detailed briefing by Mr. M. Abdullah Yusuf, Secretary General Revenue Division / Chairman FBR on the current revenue position and future scenario. A brief résumé of Tax Administration Reforms Program (TARP) was also given. The briefing was also attended by all Board Members and CEO Pakistan Revenue Automation Limited (PRAL). Chairman, FBR apprised the Minister of the plan to enhance Tax to GDP ratio by 5% over next 10 years. He focused on the reform efforts being under-taken by FBR with particular emphasis on improvement in systems and procedures through the help of technology in order to ensure that FBR becomes an efficient and transparent organization.

Mr. Ishaq Dar lauded the efforts of the Federal Board towards collection of higher targets of revenue and emphasized the need to ensure transparency in the system and to provide maximum facilitation to the tax payers at all levels. He also stressed the need to provide adequate incentives to the Agricultural Sector so as to achieve food security for the country.

Mr. Dar emphasized the need for introduction of measures in the forthcoming budget that would lead to introduction of an equitable system of tax wherein relief is provided to the poorer classes. He stressed the need for balancing the fiscal and monetary policy which, due to mismanagement in the past, had resulted in distortions in the economy. The Finance Minister also required of the Federal Board to remove anomalies in taxation system.

The Federal Finance Minister also urged the Board Members to formulate policies for the forthcoming budget in consonance with the aspirations of the people and agenda of the popularly elected government.
 

(Khawar Khurshid Butt)
Member (FATE)
Spokesman of the Federal Board of Revenue.
3rd April, 2008

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( Khawar Khurshid Butt )
Member (FATE)

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(Asif Abbas)
Second Secretary (ST-Budget)

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(Kahlid Mahmood)
Second Secretary (Export Policy)

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(Kahlid Mahmood)
Second Secretary (Export Policy)

Federal Board of Revenue vide a Notification (Customs) dated 31-03-2008 has authorized the Frontier Corps (NWFP and Balochistan) and Pakistan Rangers (Punjab and Sindh) to carry out anti-smuggling functions within their respective jurisdictions. The powers have been delegated under the Customs Act in order to endure a greater vigilance on the possible smuggling of rice, pulses of all sorts, wheat and wheat products into Afghanistan.
The powers will remain delegated to Frontier Corps (NWFP and Balochistan) and Pakistan Rangers (Punjab and Sindh) till 15th May, 2008.

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)
Secretary (PR)

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)
Secretary (PR)

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(Hameed Memon)
Secretary

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(Hameed Memon)
Secretary

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(Hameed Memon)
Secretary

PRESS RELEASE

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)
Secretary (PR)

Secretary General, Revenue Division/Chairman, Federal Board of Revenue, Mr. M. Abdullah Yusuf, today formerly launched online modules of indigenously developed Human Resource Management System of FBR.
All Members of the Board were present on this momentous occasion.
The Human Resource Management System (HRMS) has started providing following online facilities to its field offices and the employees:

• Online Leave requests receiving from field, its approvals in FBR management and electronic notification on web.

• Online NOC for trainings/visits abroad, processing and its communication through e-mail

• Online access to Charge assumption and automatic data updation in the system

• Updation of employees records and their profiles by field offices including discipline and other issues,

• Online access to employees to register their grievances against the Board

• All employees' related notification are placed on FBR website

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Abdullah Yusuf told that FBR is a leading public sector organization, which has again taken the lead in development and implementation of paperless online processing of employees' applications and other requests. eDoX systems have also been implemented to completely track the mail and files, incoming & outgoing both, in the Board. Member (Administration) is efficiently leading his team towards introduction of such world class systems, which has tremendously increased the performance of the Administration.

The Project Director told that implementation of this system has become possible only through persistent support and encouragement from the Chairman. FBR intends to introduce a complete paperless solution for its Management as well as other functions within shortest possible time. FBR is now in a position that it can provide guidance and support to other Ministries/Divisions to introduce and implement such system for improving their performance and vigilance and also the monitoring functions.
 

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)
Secretary (PR)

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(Muhammad Hafeez Mughal)
Secretary (PR)

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(Mehmood Alam)
Additional Secretary