Federal Board of Revenue

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.

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 for (i) formulation and administration of fiscal policies, (ii) levy and collection of federal duties, taxes and other levies, and (iii) quasi-judicial function of deciding taxation cases and appeals. FBR primarily operates through its main collection arms comprising Regional Tax Offices (RTOs) and Large Taxpayer Units (LTUs) across the country. FBR has two major wings: the Inland Revenue & Customs. The Inland Revenue Service (formerly known as Income Tax Department) 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.

Mr. Muhammad Javed Ghani (Addl. Charge) (Chairman)

Mr. Asim Ahmad - (Member IT (Information Technology))

Syed Nadeem Hussain Rizvi (Member (Taxpayers Audit))

Mr. Muhammad Javed Ghani - (Member (Customs-Policy))

Mr. Muhammad Tariq Huda - (Member (Customs-Operations))

Mr. Bakhtiar Muhammad - (Member (Administration))

Ch. Muhammad Tarique - (Member (Inland Revenue - Policy))

Mr. Syed Ghulam Abbas Kazmi - (Member (Legal))

Dr. Ashfaq Ahmad - (Member (Inland Revenue-Operations)

Syed Nadeem Hussain Rizvi (Addl. Charge) (Member (Facilitation & Taxpayers Education))

(Member (Strategic Planning, Reforms & Statistics))

(Member (HRM))

Mr. Faheemul Haq Khan - (Member (Accounting))

Syed Hamid Ali - (Member Legal & Accounting - Customs)

Ms. Ambreen Iftikhar - (Member (Reforms & Modernization))

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.[7]

Regional Tax Office in Sahiwal is the most recent addition to the tax machinery. It became operative on October 1, 2017.[10]