The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has revised the powers and jurisdictions of Commissioners Inland Revenue (Appeals) for dealing with the appeals filed by the taxpayers against the FBR's Inland Revenue Department in all major cities of the country.

In this regard, the FBR has issued a jurisdiction order here on Thursday.

The FBR has specified the jurisdiction of Commissioners Inland Revenue (Appeals) working in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Quetta, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, Multan, Bahawalpur, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Faisalabad and Sargodha.

According to the order, in exercise of power conferred by sub-section (1) Section 209 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, Section 30 of Sales Tax Act, 1990, Section 29 of the Federal Excise Act, 2005 and Section 10(I)(b) of the Wealth Tax Act, 1963 and in supersession of all the general notifications/orders issued earlier in this behalf except especially assigned cases... the FBR has directed that the Commissioners Inland Revenue (Appeals) shall exercise powers and perform functions of Commissioner Inland Revenue (Appeals), in respect of the taxpayers as specified.

Commissioner Inland Revenue (Appeals-I), Karachi will deal with all cases of taxpayers falling under the jurisdiction of Large Taxpayers Unit Karachi with their names starting with alphabets from A to L along with their directors/partners. Further, he will also continue to exercise jurisdiction over the cases which are already specially assigned by the Board.

Commissioner Inland Revenue (Appeals-II), Karachi will handle all cases of taxpayers falling under the jurisdiction of Large Taxpayers Unit Karachi with their names starting with alphabets from M to Z along with their directors/ partners. Further, he will also continue to exercise jurisdiction over the cases which are already specially assigned by the Board.

Commissioner Inland Revenue (Appeals-III), Karachi will deal with all cases of taxpayers falling under the jurisdiction of Corporate Regional Tax Office, Karachi.

Commissioner Inland Revenue (Appeals-IV), Karachi will deal with all cases of taxpayers falling under the jurisdiction of Large Taxpayers Unit-II Karachi and Regional Tax Office-II, Karachi.

Commissioner Inland Revenue (Appeals-V), Karachi will handle all cases of taxpayers falling under the jurisdiction of Regional Tax Office-III, Karachi.

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