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Faceless Audit System To Be Launched Next Year: Chairman FBR

KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Shabbar Zaidi on Wednesday said they were working to make the tax-collecting body faceless, making lesser contact between the tax officers and masses.

“The only way forward is to adopt automation and use of technology in collecting taxes,” he said while addressing an event at Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP).

Zaidi admitted that lack of confidence between the masses and the tax authority is a main hurdle in improving tax filers countrywide. “There is need to improve a perception of FBR,” he said.

He said that the online systems will reduce harassment from the FBR officials and improve trust level on the revenue authority.

“We will be launching faceless e-audit system next year,” he announced. “Currently we are in process to simplify tax systems with the support of the World Bank,” he said while admitting the current processes are complex.