ISLAMABAD: Ali Salman Abbasi, a Pakistan Customs Officer of BS-21, has retired from the government service on attaining the age of superannuation.
Ali Salman Abbasi, posted as Member (Research, Analysis & Reforms) in the Federal Board of Revenue Headquarters, stood retired with effect from January 22.
The duties of Ali Slaman as Member were include research and analysis of macroeconomic indicators and their trends vis-à-vis implications for revenue collection, analysis of data relating to collection of duty and tax (direct taxes, indirect taxes & customs) and generation of fiscal updates on revenue collection, analysis of tax expenditure and compliance cost, conduct research for suggesting new taxation measures along with impact analysis and revenue forecasting, analysis of economic trends in different sectors, forecasting its impact on revenue collection and identification of sectors and subsectors where revenue growth is below potential along with proposed remedies, undertake forensic audit of units and sectors on the directions of Board-in-Council, analysis of average tax collection and actionable recommendations, monthly reports on revenue collection, highlighting anomalies & trends, impact assessment of new tax measures and generation of evaluation reports on revenue responsiveness of each such measure and conduct studies, as suggested by other wings, particularly sectoral & industry analysis on tax contributions.