The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) can effectively use 330 Inland Revenue Audit Officers (upgraded to BS-18) for wide range of enforcement activities including discovering of new taxpayers, recovery of tax demands, audit and action against tax evaders to generate additional revenue in meeting revenue collection target for 2016-17.
It is learnt that the 330 Inland Revenue Audit Officers have been upgraded to the post of BS-18 and they have requested the Board to assign them enforcement jobs in field formations to utilize their expertise particularly in sales tax and federal excise. The force of 330 Inland Revenue Audit Officers has ample experience of sales tax and FED for the purpose of audit, assessments and recovery of evaded amount of taxes. They have made detection and recoveries in different sectors in the past.
The FBR's Operations Wing can utilize the expertise of this audit workforce having ample experience of sales tax and FED assessments and recovery. This force has traditional experience of FED and sales tax with special focus on detection and recovery of the evaded amount in potential sectors, sources added.
With the help of this audit workforce, the FBR can generate additional revenue in the remaining period of 2016-17.
Meanwhile, All Pakistan convention of Inland Revenue Audit Officers of FBR was held to celebrate upgradation of Inland Revenue Audit Officer's to BS-18. The convention was attended by Inland Revenue Audit Officers across Pakistan including Islamabad /Rawalpindi, Karachi, Peshwar, Faisalabad, Multan, Bahawalpur, Gujranwala and other cities.
Earlier, the FBR in compliance to directives of the Lahore High Court, Lahore in Contempt Petition filed by the Inland Revenue Audit Officers for non-implementation of Supreme Court of Pakistan's Orders by FBR authorities issued a Notification that was presented before the court where by almost 330 Inland Revenue Audit Officers of FBR were upgraded to BS-18 with effect from July 1, 2010.
According to the representatives of the Inland Revenue Audit Officers, important decisions were taken during the said convention that including demand that FBR authorities must treat Inland Revenue Audit Officers now in BS-18 at par with any other BS-18 officers of FBR and its field formations. It was further decided that no such discrimination with the audit officers should be done by the FBR. Tax authorities have been requested to intervene in to the matter and to issue written directive to the Chief Commissioners of RTOs/LTUs across the country to eliminate discrimination in posting of Inland Revenue Audit Officers. On the other hand, they would be left with no option but to approach Courts for filing of yet another Contempt Petition against FBR.
The representatives of the Inland Revenue Audit Officers further decided that all legal options including judicial fora will be exercised with primary attention on merger of Inland Revenue Audit Officers with BS-18 cadre officers with effect from 01. 07. 2010. In this regard legal teams including officers having vast experience and educational background in law were constituted.
The convention was held under President of the said association Afzal Malik. Senior Core Committee members Afzal Khan, Abidullah Jan, Malik Nawaz, Azhar Abbas Sherazi, Ahmed Sohail, Zafar Sherazi along with legal team Abdul Basit, M. Atif Qureshi, Hafiz Mashood were also present. Tariq Javed, Javed Butt, Aqeel Ahmed, Ashfaq Qamar, Asif Rasool, Sarwar Shah addressed the convention. Sahibzada Hafiz Mashood was stage secretary of the convention.
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