Federal cabinet set up inter-ministerial committee for FBR reforms

Islamabad: The caretaker federal cabinet constituted an inter-ministerial committee for reforms in the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) which will be chaired by the caretaker finance minister.

According to the details, Ministers of Privatization, Foreign Affairs, Commerce, Energy, Law and Justice and IT will also join the committee which will submit its recommendations on the proposals in the next meeting of the federal cabinet.

The caretaker Prime Minister Anwwar-ul-Haq Kakar and all cabinet members have endorsed the FBR reform proposals.

Anwwar-ul-Haq Kakar said that the caretaker government will complete the reform agenda in FBR.

It is pertinent to note that there is strong resistance to FBR reforms and its digitization process from the top leadership of the department.

A group of officers belonging to FBR's Inland Revenue Services and Customs Group appeared before the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in the Cabinet meeting to strongly oppose the interim government's approval of the summary on the matter.

Officers opposing the FBR reforms said that they believe the caretaker government does not have the power to make major changes in the FBR.