Federal Board of Revenue

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) (Urdu: وفاقی ہیئت برائے محصولات), formerly known as Central Board of Revenue (CBR), is a federal law enforcement agency of Pakistan that investigates tax crimes, suspicious accumulation of wealth, money-laundering make regulation of collection of tax. FBR operates through Inspectors-IR that keep tax evaders under surveillance, assess taxable incomes and perform special tasks for FBR Headquarters. FBR performs role of collection of taxation in the country from all individuals and businesses.

Federal Board of Revenue
وفاقی ہیئت برائے محصولات
Department overview
FormedJuly 1, 1950 (1950-07-01)
Preceding Department
TypeRevenue collection
JurisdictionPakistan Pakistan
HeadquartersIslamabad, Pakistan
Employees21,500 (2019)[1]
Department executive
  • Malik Amjad Zubair Tiwana[2], Chairman/Federal Secretary Revenue Division
Websitewww.fbr.gov.pk

FBR also collects intelligence on tax evasion and administers tax laws for the Government of Pakistan and acts as the central revenue collection agency of Pakistan.[3]

History

Established as the Central Board of Revenue on 1 April 1924 through enactment of the "Central Board of Revenue Act, 1924". In 1944, the CBR was put under the Revenue Division with the Ministry of Finance until 1960, when on the recommendations of the "Administrative Reorganization Committee", the CBR was made into a division of the Ministry of Finance. In 1974, further changes were made to streamline the organization and its functions. In 1991, the CBR was once again reverted to its original status under the Revenue Division, however in January 1995, the Revenue Division was abolished and the CBR was once again reverted to a division of the Ministry of Finance. In 2007, the "FBR Act" was passed in July 2007, whereby the Central Board of Revenue was renamed to the present-day Federal Board of Revenue and for a third time placed again under the Revenue Division of the Ministry of Finance.

FBR primarily operates through its main collection arms comprising Regional Tax Offices (RTOs) and Large Taxpayer Units (LTUs) across the country.

Structure

Wings

[4]

Pakistan Customs
Inland Revenue Service
Administration
Taxpayers Audit
Legal
FATE
SPR & S
HRM
Information Technology
Accounting
RA&R

Directorates

[5] [6]

Directorate General of Transit Trade - Pakistan Customs
Directorate of Broadening of Tax Base (Special Directorate)
Directorate General of Intelligence & Investigation - Pakistan Customs
Directorate General of Internal Audit - Pakistan Customs
Directorate General of Input Output Coefficient Organization - Pakistan Customs
Directorate General of Reform & Automation - Pakistan Customs
Directorate of Post Clearance Audit - Pakistan Customs
Directorate General of Valuation - Pakistan Customs
Directorate General of Training & Research - Pakistan Customs
Directorate General of Intelligence & Investigation - Inland Revenue
Directorate general of Training and Research - Inland Revenue
Directorate of Withholding Tax - Inland Revenue
Directorate General of Internal Audit - Inland Revenue

Members of the Board


  • Mr. Malik Amjad Zubair Tiwana - Chairman/Secretary Revenue Division
  • Mr. Faiz Illahi Memon - Member Admin/HR
  • Mr. Malik Amjad Zubair Tiwana - Member Inland Revenue Operations
  • Mr. Mukarram Jah Ansari - Member Customs-Operations
  • Ms. Suraiyya Ahmed Butt - Member Customs Policy
  • Mr. Afaque Ahmed Qureshi - Member Inland Revenue Policy
  • Ms. Zeba Hai Azhar - Member Legal & Accounting - Customs
  • Mr. Sardar Ali Khawaja - Member - Public Relations
  • Mr. Ardsher Saleem Tariq - Member Reforms & Modernization
  • Syed Ghulam Abbas Kazmi - Member Legal-IR
  • Mr. Ahmad Shuja Khan - Member Accounting & Audit
  • Mr. Abdul Majid Yousfani - Member IT


  • Mr. Nadir Mumtaz Warraich (IRS)
  • Mr. Abdul Rashid Sheikh (PCS)
  • Mr. Muhammad Asghar Khan (PCS)
  • Dr. Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed (IRS)
  • Mr. Ch Muhammad Tarique (IRS)
  • Mr. Ahmed Raza Khan (PCS)
  • Mr. Asim Majid Khan (IRS)
  • Mr. Syed Syedain Raza Zaidi (IRS)

Chairman/Chairperson CBR/FBR

The FBR Chairman is the executive forerunner of the board and is liable to formulate and enforce the fiscal policies of the country, decide on taxes and duties and ultimately act as a referent to the judicial appeals to the board. The chairman serves an essential job to operate in sync with the economic and trade ministers of the country as well as keep up with the prime minister of the state.

Incumbent
Name of Chairperson Entered Office Left Office
Victor Turner 14.08.1947 01.02.1950
Abdul Qadir 01.02.1950 25.02.1952
Mumtaz Hassan 25.02.1952 01.11.1958
H. A. Majid 01.11.1958 29.07.1960
M. Ayub 29.07.1960 19.06.1961
Mumtaz Mirza 19.06.1961 06.03.1963
M. M. Ahmed 06.03.1963 30.05.1966
Ghulam Ishaq Khan 31.05.1966 08.09.1970
A.G.N. Kazi 08.09.1970 10.10.1971
M. Zulfiqar 11.10.1971 17.11.1973
Riaz Ahmad 17.11.1973 30.09.1974
M. Zulfiqar 01.10.1974 12.11.1975
N.M. Qureshi 12.11.1975 14.12.1980
Fazlur Rahman Khan 14.12.1980 11.08.1985
I.A. Imtiazi 11.08.1985 20.08.1988
Syed Aitezazuddin Ahmed 20.08.1988 02.01.1989
Ghulam Yazdani Khan 22.01.1989 11.08.1990
Ahadullah Akmal 16.08.1990 24.07.1991
Sajjad Hasan 24.07.1991 03.10.1991
Alvi Abdul Rahim 13.07.1995 28.08.1996
Shamim Ahmed 28.08.1996 11.11.1996
Hafeezullah Ishaq 11.11.1996 02.01.1998
Moinuddin Khan 02.01.1998 06.11.1998
Mian Iqbal Farid 07.11.1998 06.11.1999
Riaz Hussain Naqvi 08.11.1999 02.07.2001
Riaz Ahmad Malik 03.07.2001 11.03.2004
M. Abdullah Yusuf 12.03.2004 23.07.2008
Sohail Ahmad 18.05.2009 18.03.2010
Salman Siddique 24.12.2010 21.01.2012
Mumtaz Haider Rizvi 21.01.2012 10.07.2012
Ali Arshad Hakeem 10.07.2012 09.04.2013
Ansar Javed 10.04.2013 30-06-2013
Tariq Bajwa 02.07.2013 17.11.2015
Nisar Muhammad Khan 17.11.2015 18.01.2017
Dr. Muhamad Irshad 19.01.2017 30.06.2017
Tariq Mahmood Pasha 04.07.2017 02.07.2018
Ms. Rukhsana Yasmin 02.07.2018 29.08.2018
Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan 29.08.2018 10.05.2019
Shabbar Zaidi 10.05.2019 06.01.2020
Nausheen Javaid Amjad (Acting Chairperson) 06.01.2020 08.04.2020
Nausheen Javaid Amjad 08.04.2020 07.07.2020
Muhammad Javed Ghani 07.07.2020 09.04.2021
Asim Ahmad[7] 09.04.2021 24.08.2021
Dr Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmad[8] 24.08.2021 27.04.2022
Asim Ahmad[9] 27.04.2022 31.07.2023
Malik Tiwana[10] 31.07.2023 Incumbent

List of Regional Tax Offices across Pakistan[11]
Sr.No Designation Current Chief Commissioner
1. Chief Commissioner Large Taxpayers Office Islamabad Malik Amjad Zubair Tiwana
2. Chief Commissioner Large Taxpayers Office Lahore Mr. Ahmad Shuja Khan
3. Chief Commissioner Large Taxpayers Office Karachi Dr. Shahid Iqbal Baloch
4. Chief Commissioner Corporate Tax Office Karachi Dr. Aftab Imam
5. Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Islamabad Ms. Aiysha Khalid
6. Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Rawalpindi Ms. Tehmina Amer
7. Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office-I, Karachi Mr. Tariq Mustafa Khan
8. Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office-II, Karachi Mr. Hyder Ali Dharejo
9. Chief Commissioner Corporate Tax Office, Lahore[12] Ch. Muhammad Tarique
10. Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office, Lahore Mr. Nasir Iqbal
11. Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Multan Mr. Abid Raza Bodla
12. Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Gujranwala Mr. Karamatullah Khan Chaudhry
13. Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Sukkur Mr. Mohammad Farooq Azam Memon
14. Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Faisalabad Mr. Mehmood Hussain Jafari
15. Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Peshawar Mr. Khurshid Ahmad Khan Marwat
16. Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Abbottabad Mr. Amjad Farooq
17. Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Quetta Mr. Shahid Mehmood Sheikh
18. Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Sialkot Ms. Sadia Sadaf Gillani
19. Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Hyderabad Dr. Tauqeer Ahmad Memon
20. Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Bahawalpur Dr. Muhammad Sarmad Qureshi
21. Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Sargodha Mr. Imtiaz Ali Solangi
22. Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Sahiwal Dr. Ahmad Shahab

Regional Tax Office in Sahiwal is the most recent addition to the tax machinery. It became operative on October 1, 2017.[13]

References
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  2. "New FBR chairman". 1 August 2023.
  3. "FBR exceeds first half tax collection target". The Express Tribune. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  4. "FBR WINGS". fbr.gov.pk. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  5. "Members". fbr.gov.pk. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  6. "IRS Training". Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  7. "IT member Asim made new FBR chairman". 10 April 2021.
  8. "FBR gets 6th head in three years as PM's aide on finance quits". Dawn. 25 August 2021.
  9. "Asim Ahmad appointed FBR chairman again". Dawn. 27 April 2022.
  10. "Malik Amjad Zubair Tiwana appointed as the new Chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) by the federal government?". Paki Mcqs. 1 August 2023.
  11. FBR. "Contact Chief Commissioners/Director Generals/Other Head of Department of Field Offices". fbr.gov.pk. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  12. Webmaster (13 May 2017). "No surprise visits to business premises: FBR Chairman - PakObserver". PakObserver. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  13. "RTO Sahiwal becomes operative". The Nation. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
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