Analysis: Questions raised over FBR’s new evaluation system

THE Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has implemented a fully digitised new performance management system (PMS) that promises transparency and efficiency in judging tax officers’ integrity and quality of work.

The system replaces the existing performance management regime, which last year rated 98 per cent of officers as ‘outstanding’ or ‘very good’, raising questions about its credibility.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, during a visit to the FBR in April, officially launched the system...