ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has reintroduced income tax circle system to identify potential taxpayers and enhance facilitation for existing taxpayers at district level.
The FBR issued an office order inviting inputs on the concept of district taxation officer introduced through Finance Bill 2017.
The FBR said that the initiate is not only merely revival of old/defunct Income Tax Circle System at Mufassals/Districts, rather it entails an altogether new, innovative and composite field formation, which, within in its territorial jurisdiction would be responsible for all Inland Revenue field operations. “Facilitating the taxpayers at their doorstep, this IR field formation would also be representing the Federal Tax Regime at the level of each district,” the FBR said.
The FBR said that office of District Taxation Officer-IR, within its territorial jurisdiction would be responsible for all inland tax operations, relating to all inland taxes i.e. Income Tax, Sales Tax and Federal Excise Duty.
“Unless specifically assigned by FBR or Chief Commissioner concerned and subject to Section 209 of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 the District Taxation Officers shall manage and oversee the tax operations in the cases of all taxpayers whose jurisdiction falls in their respective districts,” the FBR said.
In all inter-district jurisdictional matters, involving multiple Regional Tax Offices (RTOs), FBR shall decide the issues, it added.
