Pral has extensive experience of working with federal and provincial tax and revenue agencies to provide wide variety of tax and revenue collection solutions. It has been involved in the development of wide array of tax and revenue related solutions pertaining to income tax, wealth tax, sales tax, FED and Capital Value Tax, etc.
Sources said Pral has also been actively engaged in preparation of software and computer systems for the FBR to streamline tax processes and verification of refund payments. In the past, few retired officers of the FBR have been appointed in Pral and they continue to perform their duties in the FBR. The Board should not encourage such practice in future so that the young officers should not miss opportunity to work at senior level due to continuation of work of retired officers on the same positions. The policy to discourage reemployment of retired FBR employees would provide ample opportunity to other experienced persons to work at the upgraded positions.
When contacted, tax official explained that Board of Directors of Pral has the authority to give legal approval of recruitment. It is a private limited company and government rules and regulations are not applicable on the same. It has its own memorandum of association for appointment. It is providing a wide range of technical services to the FBR and it is fully committed to work for the Board. Legally, when a tax officer retires from the FBR, he is no more government employee. In such a situation, Pral can hire the same on contract basis. The appointment done by Pral is not the reappointment of any FBR retired person. However, it is the contractual appointment for one year, etc. Thus, there is no legal bar to appoint any retired person. Once a person is out of service, he can be appointed on contract basis keeping in view his expertise.