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FBR announces major reshuffle; transfers 41 customs officers of BS-17-18
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Friday announced major reshuffle in Pakistan Customs Service (PCS) and transferred and posted 41 officers of BS17 and BS-18 with immediate effect and until further order.
The FBR notified transfers and postings of following officers:
01. Ms. Tayyaba Bukhari (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as Deputy Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement, Lahore from the post of Deputy Director, Directorate of Input Output Coefficient Organization (North), Lahore.
02. Khaldun Ul Haq (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as Deputy Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Gilgit-Baltistan from the post of Deputy Director, Directorate General of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Islamabad.
03. Mohammad Rehan Akram (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as Deputy Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement, Lahore from the post of Deputy Director, Directorate of Reforms and Automation (Customs), Karachi.
04. Muhammad Azam (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director, Directorate General of Transit Trade, Karachi from the post of Deputy Director, Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation-FBR, Quetta.
05. Ms. Nazia Saleem (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as Deputy Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Islamabad from the post of Deputy Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement, Lahore.
06. Wahaj Saghir (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as Deputy Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Gilgit-Baltistan from the post of Deputy Director, Directorate General of Transit Trade, Karachi.
07. Asfand Yar Khan (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director, Strategic Control Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad from the post of Deputy Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Gilgit-Baltistan
08. Abdul Qudoos (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as Deputy Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Preventive, Quetta from the post of Deputy Director, Directorate General of Customs Valuation, Karachi.
09. Ms. Sadia Usman (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director, Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation,FBR, Rawalpindi from the post of Deputy Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Islamabad
10. Tariq Mashkoor (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as Deputy Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Exports (Port Muhammad Bin Qasim), Karachi from the post of Deputy Director, Directorate of Input Output Coefficient Organization (South), Karachi.
11. Nawabzada Kamran Khan Jogezai (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-17) has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director, (OPS) Directorate General of Post Clearance Audit, Islamabad from the post of Deputy Director, (OPS) Directorate General of Internal Audit (Customs), Islamabad.
12. Ms. Maryam Khalid (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-17) has been transferred and posted as Assistant Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Islamabad from the post of Deputy Director, (OPS) Strategic Control Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad.
13. Ghulam Muhammad (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-17) has been transferred and posted as Deputy Director, (OPS) Directorate General of Customs Valuation, Karachi from the post of Deputy Collector, (OPS) Model Customs Collectorate of Exports (Port Muhammad Bin Qasim), Karachi.
14. Malik Muhammad Ahmed (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-17) has been transferred and posted as Assistant Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Gwadar from the post of Assistant Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Port Muhammad Bin Qasim, Karachi.
15. Muhammad Ibrahim (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as Deputy Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement, Quetta from the post of Deputy Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Quetta.
16. Asim Rehman (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as Deputy Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Preventive, Quetta from the post of Deputy Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Quetta.
17. Muhammad Faisal (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as Deputy Collector, MCC of JIAP, Karachi from the post of Deputy Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Preventive, Karachi.
18. Junaid Mahmood (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as Deputy Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement, Quetta from the post of Deputy Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Quetta.
19. Dr. Tahir Iqbal Khattak (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as Deputy Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement, Peshawar from the post of Deputy Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Peshawar.
20. Imran Afzal (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as Deputy Collector, MCC of JIAP, Karachi from the post of Deputy Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Preventive, Karachi.
21. Maqbool Ahmad (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-17) has been transferred and posted as Deputy Collector, (OPS) Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement, Quetta from the post of Deputy Collector, (OPS) Model Customs Collectorate, Quetta.
22. Najeeb Arjumand (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-17) has been transferred and posted as Deputy Collector, (OPS) Model Customs Collectorate of Preventive, Peshawar from the post of Deputy Collector, (OPS) Model Customs Collectorate, Peshawar.
23. Waseem Feroz (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-17) has been transferred and posted as Assistant Collector, MCC of JIAP, Karachi from the post of Assistant Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Preventive, Karachi.
24. Shah Faisal (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-17) has been transferred and posted as Assistant Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Preventive, Quetta from the post of Assistant Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Quetta.
25. Syeda Sadaf Ali Shah (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-17) has been transferred and posted as Assistant Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement, Peshawar from the post of Assistant Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Peshawar.
26. Asma Javed Paracha (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-17) has been transferred and posted as Assistant Collector (Prob), Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement, Peshawar from the post of Assistant Collector (Prob), Model Customs Collectorate, Peshawar.
27. Akmal Shahzad (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-17) has been transferred and posted as Assistant Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement, Quetta from the post of Assistant Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Quetta.
28. Sajid Khan (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-17) has been transferred and posted as Assistant Collector (Prob), Model Customs Collectorate of Preventive, Peshawar from the post of Assistant Collector (Prob), Model Customs Collectorate, Peshawar.
29. Rana Umair Arshad (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-17) has been transferred and posted as Assistant Collector (Prob), Model Customs Collectorate of Preventive, Quetta from the post of Assistant Collector (Prob), Model Customs Collectorate, Quetta.
30. Nadeem Ahmed (SuperintendentC/BS-17) on promotion has been transferred and posted as Assistant Director, Directorate General of Customs Valuation, Karachi from the post of Superintendent, Large Taxpayers Unit, Karachi.
31. Mumtaz Khan (SuperintendentC/BS-17) on promotion has been transferred and posted as Assistant Director, Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Peshawar from the post of Superintendent, Model Customs Collectorate, Peshawar.
32. Muhammad Nazarul Hassan (SuperintendentC/BS-17) on promotion has been transferred and posted as Assistant Director, Directorate of Input Output Coefficient Organization (South), Karachi from the post of Superintendent, Large Taxpayers Unit, Karachi.
33. Muhammad Zahid Khan (SuperintendentC/BS-17) on promotion Assistant Director, Directorate of Transit Trade, Peshawar from the post of Superintendent, Model Customs Collectorate, Peshawar.
34. Muhammad Javed Mehmood (SuperintendentC/BS-17) on promotion has been transferred and posted as Assistant Director, Directorate of IPR Enforcement (Central), Lahore from the post of Superintendent, Model Customs Collectorate, Faisalabad.
35. Muzaffar Ali Rizvi (PAC/BS-17) on promotion has been transferred and posted as Assistant Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Port Muhammad Bin Qasim, Karachi from the post of Principal Appraiser, Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement (East), Karachi.
36. Israr Hussain (PAC/BS-17) on promotion has been transferred and posted as Assistant Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Islamabad from the post of Principal Appraiser, Model Customs Collectorate, Islamabad.
37. Syed Shahid Hussain Rizvi (PAC/BS-17) on promotion has been transferred and posted as Assistant Director, Directorate General of Transit Trade, Karachi from the post of Principal Appraiser, Model Customs Collectorate, Gwadar.
38. Riaz Hussain Bhatti (PAC/BS-17) on promotion has been transferred and posted as Assistant Director, Directorate of Post Clearance Audit, Lahore from the post of Principal Appraiser, Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement, Lahore.
39. Saleem Yosuf (PAC/BS-17) on promotion has been transferred and posted as Assistant Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Exports, Custom House, Karachi from the post of Principal Appraiser, Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Karachi.
40. Ishtiaq Ahmed (PAC/BS-17) on promotion has been transferred and posted as Assistant Director, Directorate of IPR Enforcement (North), Islamabad from the post of Principal Appraiser, Model Customs Collectorate, Islamabad.
41. Muhammad Saleem (SPSC/BS-17) on promotion has been transferred and posted as Assistant Director, Directorate of Internal Audit (Customs), Karachi from the post of SPS, Model Customs Collectorate of Preventive, Karachi.
The FBR said that the officers who are drawing performance allowance prior to issuance of this notification shall continue to draw this allowance on the new place of posting.
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FBR promotes officers to BS-16 superintendent
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Friday promoted assistant tax officials of BS-16 to the post of superintendent (BS-16) with immediate effect.
Following officers have been promoted:
01. Ms. Parveen Rafique
02. Najam Zafar
03. Muhammad Sarwat Hussain Qadri
04. Ms. Asia Iqbal
05. Syed Hamid Baseer
The FBR said that the officers would be on probation for a period of one year, extendable for further period, not exceeding one year, provided that if no order is issued by the day following the termination of probationary period, the appointment would be deemed to be held until further orders.
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Main features of Amnesty Scheme 2019
KARACHI: The government may launch a new tax amnesty scheme 2019 on April 15 for allowing undeclared local and domestic assets to become part of documented economy.
The main features of the draft amnesty scheme, included:
– Benami assets
– Sales Tax and Federal Excise Duty
– mandatory return filing
– allowing balance sheet revision
– litigation cases would also be allowed
– amnesty to banking transaction will require cash to be put in bank accounts
– there will be limit on gold declaration
– Bank credits in last five years included
– the amnesty will have higher valuation
– this amnesty will have higher rates.
The draft of amnesty scheme also explained persons qualified:
According to it all companies and individuals except: holders of public office since January 01, 2000, their spouses, children, brothers and sister or lineal ascendant or descendant.
Proceeds derived for commission of a criminal offence would be excluded for amnesty.
Cases pending before a court of law would be allowed with the exception of older pending litigation.
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Tax rates for proposed Amnesty Scheme 2019
KARACHI: Persons may be allowed to avail tax amnesty at one percent for undeclared banking transactions of past five years.
According to draft of Tax Amnesty Scheme 2019, credit entries in a person’s own bank account is allowed at one percent of the total credit entries from July 01, 2013 till June 30, 2018 or 10 percent of peak credit entries during the said period whichever is higher.
A tax rate of 10 percent has been proposed for declaration of benami assets.
For foreign liquid assets repatriated into Pakistan the tax rate shall apply at five percent.
The government has also proposed to allow transactions into benami bank accounts at only two percent of the total credit entries from January 01, 2017 till April 15, 2019 or 10 percent of peak credit entries during the said period whichever is higher.
Any other assets have been allowed to avail amnesty at 7.5 percent of the prescribed value.
The valuation has been proposed for undisclosed income and assets for the purpose of Section 5(2) of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001.
For undisclosed bank accounts, the credit entries from July 01m 2013 till June 30, 2018.
For undeclared open plots and land, flat the valuation shall be cost of acquisition or FBR values on April 15, 2019, whichever is higher.
For undisclosed superstructure, the valuation has been proposed at Rs1,500 per square feet.
For undisclosed motor vehicles, the valuation shall be costs incurred till original registration.
For undisclosed gold, the valuation shall be Rs5,000 per gram.
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FBR sets up complaint cell against corrupt officials
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has established a dedicated cell to facilitate taxpayers in filing complaints against corrupt practices of officials of Inland Revenue and Pakistan Customs.
The FBR on Wednesday said that it had established Integrity Management Cell (IMC) to facilitate general public / taxpayers for filing of complaints against corrupt practices of officers/officials of FBR.
The FBR said that following modes may be adopted to lodge complaints:
— By directly calling helpline at 111-772-772 for information.
— By visiting field offices of Inland Revenue & Pakistan Customs.
— By sending an email at [email protected]
— By filing complaint on FBR online portal.
— By submitting either a hard copy of the complaint through post or meeting in person with Secretary (IMC), FBR (HQ), Constitution Avenue, Islamabad.
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FBR asks financial institutions to provide account holders details for automatic exchange of information
KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has asked financial institutions to provide details of their account holders by May 31, 2019 for the purpose of automatic exchange of information with OECD member countries.
In a notice sent to Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), the FBR said that as per section 165(B) and 107(1) of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 and other applicable domestic laws and rules related to Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI), the Reporting Financial Institutions are required to obtain and maintain certain information about their account holders in accordance with the CRS Rules notified by FBR through SRO166(I)/2017 on March 15, 2019, which has to be reported to FBR on an annual basis on May 31 of every year.
The FBR said that reports from RFIs are due on May 31, 2019. In this regard the FBR asked the stock exchange to direct the RFIs that report to or are under the control of the stock market to ensure timely compliance as per law and rules.
The FBR warned that in case of failure the RFIs would be penalized under Section 182 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001.
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Sales Tax Act 1990: Recovery of amount erroneously refunded
KARACHI: The officers of Inland Revenue have been authorized for recovery of refunded amount erroneously issued to taxpayer along with penalties and default surcharge.
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FBR promotes 49 Inland Revenue Officers to Assistant Commissioner BS-17
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) o Wednesday promoted 49 officers of Inland Revenue from BS-16 to the post of Assistant Commissioner Inland Revenue (BS-17) with immediate effect.
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Sales Tax Act 1990: refund of input tax payable in 45 days
KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is required to pay sales tax refunds to the taxpayers in 45 days from the date of filing claim.
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