ISLAMABAD: Federal government is reviewing a proposal to establish a Directorate General of Economics Intelligence Unit (EIU) in order to curb tax evasion and induct new people in tax net, it is learnt here.
Official sources told Customs Today that establishment of Directorate General of EIU is a part of the plan of restructuring Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). It is also under discussion to convert Directorate General of Broadening of Tax Base (BTB) into Directorate General of EIU which will be a special unit to directly report to chairman FBR, sources added.
According to sources, the EIU will be headed by a Grade-21 officer while in first phase, four offices from Punjab, Sindh, KP and Balochistan provinces will be established where two directors, additional directors, deputy directors and assistant directors will also be posted. However, other staff will be gradually posted in these offices, sources added.
Sources further added that for increasing the tax net, reforms in service structure, digitalization of economy and integration of different departments are need of the hour and for this purpose, the government is planning to establish this special unit of Economics Intelligence Unit.
