ISLAMABAD: The departmental inquiry against 400 officers of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is in the final stage.
According to the details, these officials of BS 16 to 21 are under the cloud of investigation following the charges of misconduct, incompetence and corruption etc.
Sources added that FBR has around 20,000 employees under BS-15 and during the tenure of former chairman Tariq Bajwa almost investigation against almost 700 officers being conducted out of which 100 faced major penalties, while other faced minor.
They added that FBR has also halted the performance allowance of several officials on not filing their assets details for the year 2013-14. The officers who were settled in foreign countries have also been dismissed from the services. FBR also sentenced those officers who involved in issuance of bogus refunds, they said.