ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to start penal action against tax officials, who are failed to submit their asset declarations.
A statement issued on Thursday said that the FBR chairman had taken a serious note of the fact that many officers remained non-filer of asset declaration despite clear instructions.
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Moreover, FBR circular No. 01/2015 which provides guidelines for performance allowance, state vide para 7 under “heading de-notification of performance allowance.”
According to the para 7:
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“vii) Non-filing of annual declaration of assets and liabilities: The employees, who fail to file their annual declaration of assets and liabilities on the due date each year, shall be de-notified for performance allowance for a period of three months of riling of declaration of assets and liabilities for the year, whichever is later.”
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The FBR intimated the officers, who fail to submit their declaration of assets and liabilities for year ending June 30, 2022, shall be discontinued/de-notified after August 31, 2022, besides non-compliance will also be considered as ‘Misconduct’ under the rules.
The revenue body further directed all officers of FBR (HQ) and its field formations (Customs, Inland Revenue/ex-cadre) to comply with the instructions and submit their declaration of assets by August 31, 2022 positively otherwise administrative action will be initiated.
