PM orders indiscriminate action against corrupt elements in FBR
The FBR corruption crackdown follows a meeting where Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the estimated tax gap has narrowed from six to five percent of GDP over three years.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered indiscriminate action against corrupt elements in the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) at a meeting in Islamabad on Monday.
Officers who improve their conduct and performance will be given a chance to reform; those who persist in corruption and poor performance will have no place in the FBR.
The estimated tax gap has declined from six percent to five percent of GDP over the past three years, the meeting was told.
957 third-party auditors were hired on merit-based contracts, which the meeting said raised the FBR's audit capacity fourfold.