In the instant Appeal, the Public Information Officer intimated the Appellant that the requested information was available in FBR’s Yearbook, placed on FBR’s Website. While this response is appreciable, the PIO should have checked whether the requested information is easily available identifiable in the report made available on… Read More »Order on Appeal No. 1222-07/21 Jamil Akhter Baig Vs Federal Board of Revenue
The appellant has sought the following information/record from the office of the Collector (Adjudication), Islamabad vide letter dated 24.12.2020 followed by the reminders dated 22.1.2021 and 10.2.2021: “Resume of evidence. Copies of all concerned G.Ds and reports thereof. All enclosed documents with G.Ds. Statement on witnesses. Statements all… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1095-05-2021 Mohammad Asif Gondal, Advocate Vs Federal Board of Revenue
Mohammad Asif Gondal, Advocate filed an appeal on 27.5.2021 before the Pakistan Information Commission, under section 17 of the Right of Access to Information Act, 2017. The averments of the appeal are that a contravention case no. 14/2020 dated 02-12-2020 reported by Model Custom Collectorate, Islamabad and a… Read More »Order on Appeal No 1095-05-2021 Mohammad Asif Gondal Vs Federal Board of Revenue
This commission maintains that both the letter and spirit of the Right of Access to Information Act 2017 dictate the disclosure of information, based on the record available with the Respondent reflecting the grounds on which the candidates were short-listed and were not short-listed. This commission has also… Read More »Order on Appeal No.E119-01/21 Waqas Elahi Vs Federal Board of Revenue
The appellant has requested the detail of the vehicles taken into custody by the department due to the non-payment of custom duty. He has also alleged the misuse of authority by one of the officer residing in Askari-10 housing society, Lahore Cantt., in sheer violation of the order… Read More »Order on Appeal No.763-12-2020 Abdullah Malik Vs Federal Board of Revenue
Pakistan Information Commission has directed the Federal Board of Revenue to share the details about the action FBR taking against filers who under-report their income for the tax-evasion purposes, especially those who would fall within the large tax-payer category and how is the FBR monitoring non-filers and what… Read More »Order on Appeal No. 687-11-2020 Pervez Said Vs Federal Board of Revenue
The commission decided that the requested information regarding individual tax payers/traders cannot be provided as it is commercially sensitive information belonging to the third party. Download Order
FBR sought exemption on the grounds that information about total number of sanctioned posts, total number of employee’s male and female ratio of employees and total number of transgender and disabled employees would reveal confidential source of information. The commission maintained that mere referral to an exemption clause… Read More »Appeal No. 052/06/19: Mukhtar Ahmed Ali Vs Federal Board of Revenue, Islamabad