Riffat Shaheen Qazi, a BS-21 officer and currently posted as Member Facilitation and Taxpayer Education (FATE) in the FBR Headquarters, has been designated as Official Spokesperson Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). According to an announcement of the FBR here on Thursday, Qazi, a senior officer of the 7th Common, has been serving as Member FATE since January 22, 2010.
Being one of the most senior tax officials, she has vast experience in dealing with the reforms in tax administration, enforcement and legal issues with command over Income Tax Ordinance 2001 and other tax laws. She has floated new ideas to facilitate taxpayers including early disposal of representations filed by the aggrieved persons. The FBR has made a special arrangement to directly receive representations U/S 7 of the FBR Act, 2007. The aggrieved persons are given the facility to submit advance copy of their representation online, if they prefer so. Subsequently, a hard copy of representation along with the supporting documents may be sent to the Board.
Previously, Riffat served in various key positions across the country in her illustrious career spanning over 32 years. Before being appointed as Member FBR, she was heading the Regional Tax Office (RTO) Rawalpindi where she led a series of tax recovery drives as the Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue Service.
Qazi brings with her a rich professional and academic experience. She holds a Master's degree and an MPhil in Economics from the University of Peshawar. Later, she did Masters in Business Administration from John F. Kennedy University USA. Her last academic pursuit was at the prestigious Harvard University, where she attended an extensive Senior Executive Management training course.