Secretary General Revenue Division and FBR Chairman M Abdullah Yusuf has said that the board would take strict action against sales tax officials found involved in misuse of 'Sales Tax Automated Refund Repository Computer System' (STARR) for issuance of illegal sales tax refunds.
FBR Chairman on Tuesday told Business Recorder that the FBR has taken such actions against the tax officials in the past. The board would continue to take actions against the officials involved in issuance of wrong refunds in future as well, he added.
It is important to mention that the board had conducted an internal inspection of STARR system. It says that the STARR managers are responsible for diverting the system merely to issue illegal refunds. The next board-in-council meeting would finalise action against the sales tax officials, who were operating STARR system. In most of the cases, the fraud was committed in connivance with the STARR managers and the FBR staff.
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