Originally Posted by Sandhurst

Dear Scarface,

IRS officers usually get facilities of car & petrol in smaller stations like Gujranwala, Sukkur, Hyderabad, Sialkot, Quetta, Abbottabad, Multan, Bahwalpur and in a few cases at Islamabad. It is difficult to get cars in Lahore and Karachi where a large number of officers prefer to get posted. There are housing colonies in all major stations and except for Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad and Rawalpindi, family-level accommodation is easily available. One should prefer posting at a smaller station initially where there is more liberty to exercise powers and have more learning. However, Large Taxpayers Units at Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad provide the best opportunities for an officer to get fully trained in corporate side. After stp, officers get up to Rs. 35,000 as salary and if they are allowed a vehicle they receive fuel worth Rs.6000 per month. On good performance, officers can get up to 12 basic salaries extra as bonus. Training opportunities are offered very liberally and although MBA from IBA has been discontinued due to opposition from newer batches, FBR provides full funding for undertaking MBA from IBA, LUMS or NUST if an officer can get admission to any of these institutions. Foreign training opportunities are also in abundance and after 5 years of service one is eligible to apply for foreign training through FBR's HRM Wing. As Assistant Commissioner, an officer of IRS presides over quasi-judicial proceedings and enjoys the status of a Civil Judge for ordering arrest, penalties and imposition of fines on delinquent taxpayers. An IRS officer in BS-17 is supported by at least one auditor in BS-14 and one inspector in BS-14, besides various clerical and Class-IV staff. Inspectors during enforcement proceedings are required to wear uniform and are supported by bailiffs. On the orders of an officer of the rank of at least an Assistant Commissioner, they can arrest anyone who is found interfering with the official proceedings.