FBR bans direct interaction of officials with business community

FBR bans direct interaction of officials with business community

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has banned direct interaction of its officials with business community from November 01, 2019.

In a tweet FBR chairman Syed Shabbar Zaidi on Friday said that from November 01, 2019 strict enforcement would be made against unauthorized interaction between FBR staff and business community.

The FBR chairman urged the business community to report directly to FBR if any of tax official contacts through any manner without proper authorization.

He said that the FBR would not tolerate any attempt to harass the business community.

The chairman said that the FBR would issue directives to the staff for avoiding interaction with businessmen through personal visit, telephone calls, cell phone messages or emails.

He further said that an automated system of the FBR was already in place for such interaction.