FBR

Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) was established on 01 April 1924 through depiction of the central board of revenue Act, 1924. Multiple changes were made inside the ministry to streamline the organization and its functions in 1974. FBR operates by keeping the tax evader under surveillance.

The basic role of the formation of federal board or revenue is to collect tax and spread tax awareness among citizens & business community. The department is divided under multiple divisions and performing their duties as per policies and law. Head of the institute is the chairman FBR who is directly appointed by the premier of Pakistan. Under the chairman operational members, policy member’s functional members, support member and support director generals are working who are directly reporting the progress of the work and organization to the Chairman.

Further down the hierarchy of the ministry includes the IR operations & policies members. Member fate, strategy planning and other members are working in the third layer of the ministry. FBR Chairman has the responsibility to do interactions with the president of the state, prime minister and other economic ministries including trade and industry.

 

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FBR introduces AI based Custom Clearance and RMS

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IB, FBR recover Rs178 billion in joint operations against tax evasion

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PM Shehbaz applauds FBR for record 42% tax revenue increase

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday applauded the Ministry of Finance and the… Read More

LTO Karachi achieves record Rs3.5 trln revenue in FY24-25

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Govt curtails FBR’s arrest powers for tax defaulters

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FBR to ‘freeze’ bank accounts of non-filers: Langrial

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FBR announces income tax rebate for teachers

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Major reshuffle in FBR ahead of FY26 Budget

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FBR ‘requests’ IMF to reduce tax collection target for FY2025-26

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PM Shehbaz orders swift implementation of FBR reforms

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FBR faces Rs110bn revenue shortfall in April 2025

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FBR chief asks officials to ensure transparency, increase revenue

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Saturday holiday abolished in FBR offices

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FBR ‘sets’ 11.2pc tax-to-GDP target for next fiscal year

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FBR seals luxury watch outlets in Karachi for tax evasion

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FBR revenue collection up by 26%, NA told

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