ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Wednesday banned all kind of leaves of its officers and officials with immediate effect in order to collect revenue in the remaining period of current fiscal year.
In an official note issued by the FBR said that it had been observed with concern that field formations of the FBR were forwarding requests for grant of leaves, including ex-Pakistan leave despite the fact that the third quarter (January March) of the current fiscal year was nearing its completion and the entire tax machinery was required to accelerate its efforts to achieve the assigned budgetary targets through full devotion during the balance part of the current financial year.
Therefore, it has been decided by the FBR that requests for grant of ex-Pakistan leaves may not be forwarded to the board by the respective heads of field formations till June 30, 2020, except, requests for Hajj, Umrah and Ziarat.
“All such cases shall be processed in the Board after the beginning of next financial year,” the FBR said.
“Similarly, local leaves/leaves of other kind may also not be granted liberally and may only be allowed in the light of special circumstances/hardship cases,” the FBR added.
