Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) plans to buy 155 luxury vehicles worth over Rs. 1.6 billion to “facilitate taxpayers” and get access to a foreign loan.
Citing an official document, a report from the Express Tribune highlights that an estimated Rs. 1.63 billion for the purchase of vehicles is equal to 8.6% of the funds that the FBR had secured to upgrade its obsolete IT equipment.
The report speculates that FBR will use a World Bank loan to purchase these vehicles in the name of taxpayer convenience. The board suffered one of the worst hacking incidents in its history a few years ago, and it has yet to upgrade its data network.
The revenue board has submitted documents to the Ministry of Planning for the Investment Project Financing (IPF) component of the World Bank’s $400 million Pakistan Raises Revenue project, totaling Rs. 19.6 billion.
A deeper dive into these documents revealed that the FBR intends to purchase 155 vehicles ranging in engine capacity from 1,500cc to 3,000cc — engine capacity that the FBR has described as “luxury” and subject to heavy taxation. The documents don’t specify the make of the vehicles.
According to details, the FBR has requested Rs. 19.6 billion, of which Rs. 1.63 billion, or 8.6%, will be spent on purchasing these vehicles. However, the planning ministry recently opposed the purchase in a meeting.
Today, another meeting will be held to get ministry approval prior to the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) meeting.
Any FBR official will be arrested for this act or not?. Country downfall is in full speed and nobody cares. No one is a sincere of this country and there is no check and balance.
Never imagine FBR would work for Taxpayer’s luxury. No where Cop helps Robbers
This is one of the reasons why public is so miserable and we are facing the brunt of inflation the most. The govt. must be stopped from indulging in needless luxuries at the expense of punishing the common man. Who will stop this act of injustice?
We used to laugh at India when their govt. used to move in ugly, locally produced ambassador cars, but now we realize they did it for the betterment of their public.
Give them Chinese bikes for what they deserve. They can facilitate us with proper digitalisation and simple tax submission format instead of prevaricating to enjoy on taxpayers money. We are poor country and four wheeler facility to any govt officer should be ban except his private own. Give them locally made bikes.
No they should travel on public transport so that they know what public is going thru
یہاں سے اندازہ لگائیں حکومت کس قدر دھوکے باز ہے، اس طرح تو آپ انہیں گدھے پہ بٹھا دیں تو ٹیکس پیئر خوش ہوگا۔۔اتنی بڑی کابینہ بھی ملک و قوم کی خدمت کے لئے ہے، دو سو پولو گراؤنڈ بھی عوامی خرچے پہ طاقتوروں کے استعمال میں تو وہ ٹیکس پیئر کی بہتری کے لئے ہیں۔ جناب سارا مال اپ طاقت وروں کا ہے عوام بھی اپکی خادم ہے ۔ جو حکم جناب
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The salary structure and infrastructure of FBR is poorest in the county when compared to other federal and Provincial Departments. In provinces such things happen in almost every project despite their rich infrastructural base, but, FBR which has zero infrastructure, is criticised needlessly and irrationally.
Luxury cars to facilitate tax payers. The government of Mafios understands the mindset of bureaucracy, Mafios will facilitate the baboos, corrupt them, prepare their files and possibly blues as well. Place them at lucrative post. They will sing to the tune.
Assalaam-O-Alaikum.
I think it is mere foolishness of buying such expensive cars for the Department they should first upgrade their entire office system, machines etc and then buy locally assembled motor which are very expensive these days as our neighbours or should or motor byecs.The country is already under heavy debts and the department is trying to use funds from the loan provided by the World Bank. SHAME.
سادگی اپنانے کے لیے لگزریگیُ گاریوں کی خریداری پاکستانی عوام کے ساٹھ مزاق