SLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Amjad Zubair Tiwana applied for premature retirement.
FBR chairman has written a letter to the Prime Minister’s Office for early retirement. Amjad Zubair Tawana’s tenure is still six months. He applied for premature retirement on August 15.
Sources claimed the FBR chairman decided to retire early due to work pressure and criticism.
Tiwana had to face criticism on the issue of digitisation and bifurcation between IRS and Customs groups.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif will decide on Amjad Zubair Tiwana’s resignation request.
Sources said that the senior officers of the tax collecting body did not cooperate with Tiwana. They added that there than more than 21 officers in the FBR who are senior that the chairman.
Tiwana, who is considered close to Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, was appointed during the caretaker government, said the sources.
The FBR chairman — who is an Inland Revenue Service (IRS) officer in grade 21 — was going to retire from the service in February 2025.
Top official sources close to the PM’s office confirmed that the pace of reforms, including digitalisation, in the FBR was not desirable.
Sources close to the FBR chairman say that the tax machinery fetched Rs9,311 billion during the last fiscal year by achieving 30% growth in revenues despite difficult economic environment.
