ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) legal wing has excused for providing data to the World Bank without the approval of competent authority.
According to sources, legal wing of the FBR has directed all the field formations to collect data about the tax issues and tax cases and prepare a report. Sources further said that the legal wing will provide the data to the World Bank after the approval of competent authority.
Sources also added that under the tax policy and tax administration programme, the World Bank has required the data. It is important to mention here that the FBR and the World Bank have started tax administration reforms programme. While the World Bank mission has completed its homework on the tax administration reforms projects and its sub-projects under those reforms.
