FBR raises tax officers’ mobility issues, assures avoiding misuse of new vehicles

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ISLAMABAD: The Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR), in a letter to the Senate Standing Committee for Finance and Revenue, highlighted the issues of movement and access behind its decision to acquire new vehicles. Assurance to avoid abuse.

The FBR said in its letter that there is a strong need for a strong implementation and audit to increase the tax net that cannot be obtained without the access of officers because “non-filers are physically located through survey and on-on-on- Need to be spotted.

This letter has come up against the background of the tax authority’s announcement of acquiring 1,010 vehicles, which costs more than Rs 6 billion.

The purchase was to be made in two stages, the FBR paid Rs 3 billion in advance to cover the first batch of 500 vehicles. The rest will be paid after the initial batch is delivered.

Vehicles are scheduled between January and May 2025.

In the first phase, 75 vehicles will be provided in January, followed by 200 in February and 225 in March. The second phase will supply 250 vehicles in April and the last 260 in May.

The announcement had prepared the Senate Body’s Ire, which wrote to Finance Minister Mohammed Aurangzeb that he was pushing for the purchase of vehicles, citing “a lot of doubts about the transparency and integrity of the process”. Yes.

Assuring transparency with the Finance Minister, FBR Chairman Rashid Langrial described the purchase as “necessary for the work of the department.”

The tax body letter to the Senate panel emphasizes the need to identify non -filers and implement an effective implementation of their implementation to ensure compliance with eligible taxpayers, which says cash economy Due to this, it was not possible without visiting the markets and areas.

Highlighting that it needs to work on the foot of the war to achieve the goal of collecting a 1.3 trillion tax that will not be possible unless its officials need to cover the sector. Do not move, it was also regretted in the letter that it faces an important challenge. Non -registration and fake registration.

“Of the about 2660,000 manufacturers who are paying sales tax, only 42,000 are registered with FBR and even registered they are not fully complying.”

Noting that the factory is located in remote areas and hundreds of officials were deployed to monitor the production of sugar at these locations, which lacked public transport, the FBR reminded that sugar mill owners Its officials have been asked to facilitate their integrity in traveling.

“The movements of the move is fully for the FBR Enforcement Drive […] The tax authority said that specifications for movement arrangements were kept at the minimum explanation level, “he added, adding that no country in the world has succeeded in tax reforms without tax machinery.

The letter also drew attention to the lower price of FBR collection, which was spent on every Rs 200 earned.

Explaining the steps taken to ensure additional tax collection in relation to the purchased vehicles, the FBR assured that the vehicles would only be provided to the field units and the frontline workers of Grade 18 and 19.

Vehicles, which will be operational, will be linked to tax units instead of designated officers. Also, appropriate branding steps have been suggested, including stickers on the doors and windscreens on both sides, as well as trackers.

The tax body also said that its purchase is in accordance with the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) Rule 42 (C) (VII), which supplies that a purchase agency will only engage in a direct contract if The vehicle was purchased from the local. Manufacturers or their authorized agents at the manufacturer’s price.