Category: Press Release

A meeting on FBR’s performance was held on 20th February 2011 under the chairmanship of Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue. The meeting was attended by the Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Chairman FBR, Secretary Finance, Secretary Planning and officials of the Finance Ministry and FBR. The meeting concluded that…

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FBR has ordered that all the Model Customs Collectorates shall remain open on Saturday 25, February, 2012, as a normal working day in order to facilitate the trade and industry in getting their cargo cleared for imports and exports. 2. The management of the State Bank of Pakistan and National Bank of Pakistan has been…

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In pursuance of Establishment Division’s notification of 10th February, 2012, Mr. Mumtaz Haider Rizvi has assumed the charge of the upgraded post of Member Customs (BS-22) and the additional charge of the post of Chairman FBR with effect from today, i.e. 13th February, 2012. Mr. Mumtaz Haider Rizvi, a senior officer of the Customs Group,…

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First round of four-day negotiations concluded here today at Islamabad between the delegations of Pakistan and Senegal on the draft Convention for Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income. Pakistan’s delegation was headed by Mr. Shahid Hussain Asad, Member (Inland Revenue), Federal Board of Revenue, while the…

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FBR has ordered that all the Model Customs Collectorates shall remain open on Saturday 28th January, 2012, as normal working days in order to facilitate the trade and industry in getting their cargo cleared for imports and exports. The management of State Bank of Pakistan and National Bank of Pakistan has been requested to provide…

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Facilitation and Taxpayers Education (FATE) Wing of the FBR arranged a Taxpayers interaction seminar at Regional Tax Office (RTO) Hyderabad today. The seminar was arranged by FATE Wing, in coordination with RTO Hyderabad, as part of a series of seminars currently being arranged under Taxpayers Awareness Initiative and was attended by members of Hyderabad Tax…

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The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) strongly contradicts the false impression created through a section of the press on 29.12.2011 regarding promotion of IRS officers from BS-19 to BS-20 and BS-20 to 21, alleging that the promotions were made in gross violation of the verdict of Federal Services Tribunal (FST), Islamabad. 2. Promotions in Inland…

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According to the provisional figures, the FBR through cashreporting system has collected Rs 201.7 billion during the month of December 2011. Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) collected Rs 840.7 billion of revenue estimates up to December 2011, as compared to Rs 661.7 billion collected during the corresponding period of the last year i.e. upto December…

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