26/08/2018
Mr. Prime Minister !
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1- Do visit any Income Tax Office of your choice (RTOs), where u will find that mostly officers don't have places to sit, also see the condition of the offices where a CSP officer works to collect revenue for the state
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2- The concept of offices at District and Tehsil level is non existent. Mostly the offices are on rent with zero infrastructure/work force. The supporting staff is highly demoralized.
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3- There are no privileges to grade 17/18 officers, no car, no accommodation. Compare the privileges of other services (DMG, Police, Custom, Excise, and Provincial Services) of the same grades to Income Tax officers. For rationalism compare the perks of a Secretary both in Provincial & Federal Secretariat with Commissioner Income Tax, a grade 20 officer
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4- Now compare the weakest authority & the highest contributions of an Income Tax officer with the highest authority & relatively minimum contributions (if rationalized) from the officers of Custom, DMG, Police, Provincial Services & even Excise & Taxation to justify to call an Income Tax officer as corrupt
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5- Corruption has no justification at all, but compare the corruption of officers posted in FATA, CDA, LDA, WAPDA, Police, Judiciary, C&W, DCs posted in districts in the light of Transparency International Reports with Income Tax officers to rationalize the magnitude of corruption
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6- Also compare the elitism in all these offices mentioned above & the environment in a Tax Office where the officer is put under dozens of accountability mechanisms