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The Central Board of Revenue (CBR)
was created on April 01, 1924
through enactment of the Central
Board of Revenue Act, 1924. In
1944, a full-fledged Revenue
Division was created under the
Ministry of Finance. After
independence, this arrangement
continued up to 31st August 1960
when on the recommendations of
the Administrative
Re-organization Committee, FBR
was made an attached department
of the Ministry of Finance. In
1974, further changes were made
to streamline the organization
and its functions. Consequently,
the post of Chairman FBR was
created with the status of
ex-officio Additional Secretary
and Secretary Finance was
relieved of his duties as
ex-officio Chairman of the FBR.
In order to remove impediments
in the exercise of
administrative powers of a
Secretary to the Government and
effective formulation and
implementation of fiscal policy
measures, the status of FBR as a
Revenue Division was restored
under the Ministry of Finance on
October 22, 1991. However, the
Revenue Division was abolished
in January 1995, and FBR
reverted back to the pre-1991
position. The Revenue Division
continues to exist since from
December 01, 1998.
By the enactment of FBR Act 2007
in July 2007 the Central Board
of Revenue has now become
Federal Board of Revenue.
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