Federal Board of Revenue suspends performance allowance of 62 officials for three months for their failure to file income tax returns
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has suspended performance allowance of 62 officials for three months after they failed to file their income tax returns for 2013.
They include 25 Customs, 26 Inland Revenue, six ex-cadre and five Audit and Accounts Department officials.
According to available documents, the FBR issued a notification on 26 September regarding the discontinuation of the performance allowance for a period of three months or until the filing of income tax returns.
The FBR had issued several reminders to the officials to submit their returns on 26 May and 12 June. After a long delay, the FBR has taken action against them and discontinued their performance allowance.
The 26 Inland Revenue officials are: Regional Tax Office (RTO) III Karachi Commissioner Sultan Wazir Khan, RTO Abbottabad Commissioner (OPS) Asif Haider Orkazai, RTO Karachi Additional Commissioner Hassan Sardar, Directorate of Internal Audit (Inland Revenue) Lahore Additional Director Laila Ghafoor, RTO Karachi Additional Commissioner Imtiaz Ali Solangi, RTO-II Lahore Additional Commissioner Fiza Batool, Directorate of Internal Audit (Inland Revenue) Karachi Deputy Director Abdul Hameed Abro, Large Taxpayer Unit (LTU) Karachi Deputy Commissioner Zafar Rafiq Siddiqui, RTO Hydearbad Deputy Commissioner Dr. Sajid Hussain Arain, RTO Lahore Deputy Commissioner Noreen Ashraf, LTU Karachi Deputy Commissioner Abdul Hameed Shaikh, RTO Abbottabad Deputy Commissioner Fazal-e-Subhan, RTO Bahawalpur Additional Commissioner (OPS) Ashfaq Ahmad, FBR (Hq) Islamabad Second Secretary Said Iqbal, RTO Gujranwala Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Babar Chohan, Directorate of Training and Research (IR) Karachi Deputy Director Saniya Farukh, RTO II Karachi Deputy Commissioner Farzana Altaf, FBR (Hq) Islamabad Second Secretary Dr.Muhammad Khurram, LTU Karachi Additional Commissioner Abdul Hafeez, RTO Lahore Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Faisal Chaudhar, RTO-II Lahore Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Nazir Ahmad Rizvi, RTO-III Karachi Deputy Commissioner Tayyab Mehmood, RTO-II Lahore Deputy Commissioner Haroon Islam, RTO Lahore Assistant Commissioner Manan Younas, RTO Quetta Assistant Commissioner Shamsullah Khan Panezai and RTO-II Lahore Assistant Commissioner Ch. Abdul Ghafoor.
The 25 Customs officials are: FBR (Hq) Islamabad Member Khalid Mahmood-II, Directorate General of Customs Valuation Karachi Collector Abdul Rashid Shiekh, Collectorate of Customs (Adjudication-II) Karachi Collector Dr. Ahmad Mujtaba Memon, FBR (Hq) Islamabad Secretary FBR Sanaullah Abro, Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement Lahore Additional Collector Rabab Sikandar, Model Customs Collectorate Peshawar Additional Collector Malik Kamran Azam Khan, Model Customs Collectorate Gilgit-Baltistan Additional Collector Sadiqullah Khan, Model Customs Collectorate Peshawar Additional Collector Rashid Habib Khan, FBR (Hq) Islamabad, Second Secretary Abu Nasr Shuja Akram, FBR (Hq) Islamabad Second Secretary Syed Imran Sajjad Bokhari, FBR (Hq) Islamabad Second Secretary Dr. Ghulam Mustafa, Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement (West) Karachi Deputy Collector Yousaf Ali Khan Magsi, Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement Lahore Deputy Collector Dr. Muhammad Aitazaz Khan, Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation FBR Islamabad Deputy Director, Saadiya Noori, Model Customs Collectorate Gilgit-Baltistan Deputy Collector Tahir Habib Cheema, Model Customs Collectorate Hyderabad Deputy Collector Tasleem Akhtar, Model Customs Collectorate Peshawar Deputy Collector Ubaidullah, Directorate of Transit Trade Quetta Assistan Director Abdul Rasheed, Model Customs Collectorate Islamabad Assistant Collector Wajeeh Jamal, Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement (West) Karachi Assistan Collector Rafiullah Bangash, Directorate General of Customs Valuation Karachi Assistan Director Muhammad Shahzad Khan, Model Customs Collectorate of Por Muhammad Bin Qasim Karachi Assistant Collector Sajid Ali Baloch, Model Customs Collectorate Gawadar Assistan Collector Wahaj Saghir, Directorate of Transit Trade Quetta Assistan Director Syed Talha Salman and Model Customs Collectorate of Preventive Karachi Assistant Collector Farhat H. Khan.
The six ex-cadre officials are: Office of the Director (MIS) (IR) Islamabad Programmer Ghulam Qadir Chand, RTO-III Karachi Deputy Commissioner Mamoon Moazam Khuhawar, MCC Export Karachi Assistan Chemical Examiner Shams-uz-Zaman, Office of the Director (MIS) (IR) Islamabad Data Processing Officer Syed Shabih Haider Rizvi, FBR (Hq) Islamabad Private Secretary Ahmad Saeed, RTO Peshawar Programmer Nadeem Khan Afridi.
While the five officials of Audit and Accounts are: LTU Lahore Accounts Officer Muhammad Abbas, MCC Prevetive Karachi Chief Accounts Officer Qadeer Ahmad, PMEC Islamabad Chief Accounts Officer Zar Khan, FBR (Hq) Islamabad Second Secretary Muhammad Arshad and RTO-III Karachi Deputy Commissioner Mushtaq Alin Tunio.
