ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance has validated all actions taken by the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation of Inland Revenue after it came into being.
The Lahore High Court (LHC) struck down an SRO that the government had issued to set up the directorate, which created doubts on the finality of dozens of cases.
However, the government introduced an amendment in the Finance Bill 2018, providing legal cover to all of the directorate’s actions, mainly over Rs6 billion recoveries of taxes on undeclared receipts from taxpayers.
The question of the legality of the intelligence directorate arose after former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar took powers of the cabinet through an amendment in the law to dodge the SC’s judgment on the federal government’s definition.
