KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue has created a special management unit to lead the rollout of the National Faceless Centre and the country’s revamped tax operating system, officials announced Tuesday.
The Program Management Unit will operate until the faceless center is fully deployed nationwide or until the board dissolves it, according to an official notification.
The unit will be headed by a BS-20 officer from the Inland Revenue Service appointed by the board. It will also include a director for operations, an additional director for technology, and representatives from the Pakistan Revenue Automation Ltd., including its chief revenue domain officer and chief executive officer as an ex-officio member.
The PMU director can bring in additional officers or technical experts for specific projects with board approval.
The unit’s responsibilities include overseeing daily program management, coordinating among all FBR departments and stakeholders, tracking milestones and performance targets, and signing off on each phase before it begins.
The PMU will also help select and place officers in NFC wings, keep a register of higher court rulings to ensure compliance, establish data protection protocols, and draft the unit’s charter and procedures.
The PMU director will answer directly to the FBR’s member for administration and human resources, with a monthly progress report due to the chairman by the 10th of each month. A more detailed review will be submitted within a week after each 90-day phase.
For urgent matters, the director can go directly to the chairman without going through other channels, the notification said.
All FBR members have been instructed to support the PMU as a top priority.
Sultan Muhammad Nawaz Nasir, secretary for management and human resources for Inland Revenue, signed the notification.