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There is a tug of war going on between Custom and Excise group Vs Income Tax group. The bon of contention is the sales tax which is currently dealt by CEG. ITG wants to retain sales tax which it relinquished in 1980’s to CEG, when it was worth of some lakhs. Now sales tax target for fiscal year 2009 is around 500 Billion the major constituent of total revenue generation i-e around 46% by FBR. It was told that it is not decided that sales tax and excise would be given to ITG and ITG will be named as PRS (Pakistan Revenue Service). Both CEG and ITG officers would be given option to join PRS of which once joined can not be discarded. ITG as a group will no longer exist and it is possible to give ITG officers a chance to go in Surplus Pool. Well there are so many things which will be settled down with the passage of time. But, in the nut shell it will affect the whole working patterns of CEG and ITG groups. There are around 200 CEG officers who are working in Sales Tax and Excise side. After PRS they will share burden with their remaining CEG officer (total Strength of CEG is around 400). It will affect promotion of CEG officers. All this mean, more power, influence and nuisance value will go to ITG and obviously less charm in CEG.
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Shoaib Raza @ CEG 37 Common