Federal Board of Revenue
The Federal Board of Revenue , formerly known as Central Board of Revenue , is a top and special federal government organization of Pakistan that investigates tax crimes and money-laundering. FBR operates through tax inspectors that keep tax evaders under surveillance and perform special tasks for FBR Headquarters. FBR performs role of collection of taxation in the country from all individuals and businesses.
FBR also collects intelligence on tax evasion and administers tax laws for the Government of Pakistan and acts as the central revenue collection agency of Pakistan.
History
Established as the Central Board of Revenue on 1 April 1924 through enactment of the "Central Board of Revenue Act, 1924". In 1944, the CBR was put under the Revenue Division with the Ministry of Finance until 1960, when on the recommendations of the "Administrative Reorganization Committee", the CBR was made into a division of the Ministry of Finance. In 1974, further changes were made to streamline the organization and its functions. In 1991, the CBR was once again reverted to its original status under the Revenue Division, however in January 1995, the Revenue Division was abolished and the CBR was once again reverted to a division of the Ministry of Finance. In 2007, the "FBR Act" was passed in July 2007, whereby the Central Board of Revenue was renamed to the present-day Federal Board of Revenue and for a third time placed again under the Revenue Division of the Ministry of Finance.Functions
FBR is a semi-autonomous federal agency of Pakistan that is responsible for enforcing fiscal laws and collecting revenue for the government of Pakistan. FBR has the responsibility forformulation and administration of fiscal policies,
levy and collection of federal duties, taxes and other levies, and
quasi-judicial function of deciding taxation cases and appeals.
FBR primarily operates through its main collection arms comprising Regional Tax Offices and Large Taxpayer Units across the country. FBR has two major wings: the Inland Revenue & Customs. The Inland Revenue Service administers domestic taxation including Sales Tax, Income Tax and Federal Excise Duties and is the main component of FBR. The Pakistan Customs Service administers import duties and other taxes collected at import stage, as well regulates international trade with regard to prohibitions & restrictions imposed by the government.
For the purpose of collection of revenue and pursuing tax evaders, FBR's powers & functions also include but are not limited to: carrying out inquiries and audits/investigations into the tax affairs, commanding arrests, attachment as well as public auction of movable and immovable assets of a non-compliant.
Structure
Wings
Directorates
'''Members of the Board'''
Chairman
The FBR Chairman is the executive forerunner of the board and is liable to formulate and enforce the fiscal policies of the country, decide on taxes and duties and ultimately act as a referent to the judicial appeals to the board. The chairman serves an essential job to operate in sync with the economic and trade ministers of the country as well as keep up with the prime minister of the state.Javed Ghani was appointed as the chairman of the board on 4 July 2020 succeeding Nausheen Javed Amjad.
List of Regional Tax Offices Across Pakistan
| Sr.No | Designation | Current Chief Commissioner | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Chief Commissioner Large Taxpayer Unit Islamabad | Muhammad Naseer Butt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. | Chief Commissioner Large Taxpayer Unit Lahore | Mr. Qaiser Iqbal | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3. | Chief Commissioner Large Taxpayer Unit Karachi | Mr. Badruddin Qureshi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4. | Chief Commissioner Corporate Regional Tax Office Karachi | Dr. Aftab Imam | 5. | Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Islamabad Dr. Shamsul Hadi|- | 6. | Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Rawalpindi | 7 | Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office-II, Karachi | |
| 8 | Chief Commissioner Corporate Regional Tax Office, Lahore Ms. Amna Hassan|- | 9. | Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office-II, Lahore | Mr. Ahmed Shuja Khan | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10. | Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Multan | Ms. Nabila Faran | 11. | Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Gujranwala | Mr. Tariq Mustafa | 12. | Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Sukkur | - | - |
| 13. | Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Faisalabad Mr. Muhammad Nadeem Arif|- | 14. | Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Peshawar | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15. | Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Abbotabad | Dr. Ahmad Shahab | 16. | Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Quetta | Mr. Yousuf Haider Sheikh | - | - | - | - |
| 17. | Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Sialkot Mr. Tariq Mustafa | 18. | Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Hyderabad | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19. | Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Bahawalpur | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20. | Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Sargodha | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21. | Chief Commissioner Regional Tax Office Sahiwal Mr. Shaban Bhatti | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Regional Tax Office in Sahiwal is the most recent addition to the tax machinery. It became operative on October 1, 2017.