ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has refused to grant daily allowance (DA) to the officers/ staff of Inland Revenue who are deputed at manufacturing premises of factories to monitor production and clearances for controlling sales tax evasion.

Presently, a large number of IR officials are posted at the factories of different sectors under the supervised clearance system to check excise and sales tax evasion.

According to the FBR’s instructions to the field formations here on Wednesday, on the directions of the Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman)’s Secretariat, the issue regarding the admissibility of TA/DA to the officers/ staff of Inland Revenue Field Formations during the period of their posting under Section 40-B of Sales Tax Act, 1990, has been examined in consultation with Finance Division (Regulations Wing).

It has been decided that DA cannot be sanctioned to the officers/ staff of Inland Revenue Field Formations during the period of their posting under Section 40-B of the Sales Tax Act, 1990.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2023