ISLAMABAD: In bid to review reform initiatives, a World Bank team will visit the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) from November 21 to December 2.
The team would review reform initiatives including tax functions, tax audit, IRIS functional review, information technology, tax policy analysis and electronic monitoring of production/track and trace, which are being revived under the Trust Fund for Accelerated Growth and Revenue.
WB Mission members, including Raul Junquera-Varela (Lead Public Sector Specialist, ITL), Muhammad Waheed (Senior Economist, Co TTL), Charles Blanco (Sr Public Sector Specialist), Irum Touqeer (Public Sector Specialist), Joey Ghaleb (Sr Public Sector Specialist), Bernard Haven (young professional) and Yesica Morales (research analyst), would meet with FBR’s senior officials.
The objectives of the WB team’s meetings included discussion on the process mapping report of the tax functions, the Information Communications Technology (ICT) work stream (key performance indicators, IRIS assessment, other), and training programme of the audit function, while the team would present the mid-year implementation report to concerned parties.
Chairman FBR Nisar Muhammad Khan and WB Mission would also discuss overall TAGR work plan and future agenda at FBR. The WB team would take feedback on IRIS functional review, at Pakistan Revenue Automation Limited (PRAL), Head office Islamabad.
