Director General (Intelligence and Investigation - Inland Revenue)

Brief

In order to take the spirit of tax reform forward and with a view to assist the field formations to increase the taxable, the existing Director General of Broadening of tax Base FBR is renamed as Director General, Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation, Inland Revenue on 25th March, 2011. The organization shall have the following:

Core Functions

1. Broadening of Tax Base - Aiming at netting potential tax payers.
2. Access to Major Data Bases - Linkages with all Major National, Provincial, Regional Data Base.
3. Cross matching of Data - With master index and tax profiles for countering non-reporting and under reporting.
4. Complaint handling - Complaints referred by the Chairman FBR (under FBR Act).
5. Financial Investigation - Preliminary investigation to determine possible loss of revenue.
6. Economic & Fiscal Intelligence - Information gathering on tax related issues and revenue leakages.

Organization Structure

1. Directorate General I & I comprises Director General, Director HQs and three Directors based at Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad.
2. Director Karachi covers Sindh and Balouchistan.
3. Director Lahore covers Civil Divisions of Lahore, Gujranwala and Sahiwal.
4. Director HQs looks after ICT, Rawalpindi and KP.
5. Director Faisalabad covers Faisalabad, Sargodha, Multan, Bahawalpur and D.G Khan.
6. Existing Vigilance units form the operational nucleus.

Reporting Mechanism

1. Field Units report to respective Regional Directors.
2. Directors report to DG, I&I, IR-FBR.
3. DG reports to Chairman FBR.

I&I's Operations

1. Designated as Income Tax, Sales Tax and Federal Excise authority.
2. All FBR Wings assist in operations/initiatives.
3. Provides information to Regional BTB Units.
4. Monitors progress through Performance Indicators.
5. Maintains Central Data Bank of IR Wing.