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Ali Adnan Zaidi

Ali Adnan Zaidi

Management & Tax Professional
Lahore

Summary

Accomplished Commissioner Inland Revenue at the Ministry of Finance, Pakistan, adept in organizational leadership and public policy. Spearheaded revenue collection strategies, achieving budgetary targets, and fostering a culture of high performance and continuous improvement. Excelled in ethics enforcement and partnership development, enhancing interdepartmental communication and taxpayer facilitation.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications

Work History

Commissioner Inland Revenue (Income Tax/Sales Tax)

Ministry of Finance Government of Pakistan
10.2023 - 11.2024
  • Oversaw budget formulation and allocation to operational units according to their revenue potential.
  • Devising and implementing strategies for collection of revenue (Income Tax, Sales Tax, Federal Excise) to achieve budgetary targets.
  • Effective performance of judicial, administrative functions.
  • Ensuring optimum taxpayers facilitation by releasing refunds and exemption certificates.
  • Selection of cases of Direct and Indirect Taxes for audit.
  • Filing / pursuing litigation cases at all Courts.
  • Improved interdepartmental communication by establishing clear channels and promoting collaboration.
  • Established a strong organizational culture that fostered employee motivation, engagement, and high performance.

Additional Commissioner HQ LTO Lahore

Federal Board of Revenue, Ministry of Finance
02.2016 - 09.2023
  • Oversaw budget formulation and allocation to the zones as per their revenue potential.
  • Effective placement and utilization of officers.
  • Ensuring respectable and comfortable facilities to visiting taxpayers.
  • Ensure optimization of revenue through identifying avenues of revenue losses and make recoveries as prescribed under law
  • Established a strong organizational culture that fostered employee motivation, engagement, and high performance.
  • Oversaw budget formulation, monitoring, and reporting, ensuring optimal allocation of resources.
  • Devising and implementing various Trainings and development programs for officers and staff.

Deputy Commissioner Inland Revenue

Federal Board of Revenue
08.2009 - 01.2016
  • Ensured compliance of tax laws including Withholding taxes and Recovery of arrears and short paid amounts
  • Taxpayer facilitation and efficient issuance of tax refunds and exemptions
  • Duties included research on the socioeconomic indicators and internal and external economic environment including international trade related issues for projecting and collecting revenue
  • Conducted tax audit of tax affairs of MNCs as well as large public sector entities through analysis of books of accounts
  • Served as an ambassador for the organization at public events, promoting its mission and values while fostering connections with key stakeholders in the community.
  • Managed a team of professionals, providing guidance and support to achieve desired results.

Assistant Commissioner Inland Revenue

Federal Board of Revenue
01.2006 - 07.2009
  • Major responsibilities include analyzing the financial statements of the corporate companies and computing the taxable incomes computing their tax liabilities.
  • Evaluation of their schedules of depreciation and computational chart converting their accounting profits into taxable profits.
  • Additionally involved in the re-engineering of business processes at the Federal Board of Revenue.
  • Oversaw the training and professional development of staff members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Education

Master of Arts - International Development & Public Policy

University of Manchester U.K
Manchester United Kingdom
04.2001 -

MBA - Accounting And Finance & Taxation

Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi
Karachi
04.2001 -

MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) - Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

Allama Iqbal Medical College
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
04.2001 -

Skills

Organizational leadership

Ethics enforcement

Workforce planning

Volunteer management

Public policy

Government relations

Partnership development

Human resources

Certification

[Leading and Managing Change] Rausing Executive Development Centre (REDC) Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) - [Mar 1to 4 2011]

Timeline

Commissioner Inland Revenue (Income Tax/Sales Tax)

Ministry of Finance Government of Pakistan
10.2023 - 11.2024

OECD Malaysia, Auditing MNEs for BEPS (30th October to 3 November 2017)

10-2017

OECD Ankara Turkey, International Tax Avoidance Focus on Hybrids and Interests (Nov 28 to Dec 2 2016)

11-2016

Knowledge Co Creation Program on Taxation JICA Tokyo Japan (Sept 5 to Oct 7 2016)

09-2016

Additional Commissioner HQ LTO Lahore

Federal Board of Revenue, Ministry of Finance
02.2016 - 09.2023

[Leading and Managing Change] Rausing Executive Development Centre (REDC) Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) - [Mar 1to 4 2011]

03-2011

Deputy Commissioner Inland Revenue

Federal Board of Revenue
08.2009 - 01.2016

Assistant Commissioner Inland Revenue

Federal Board of Revenue
01.2006 - 07.2009

Master of Arts - International Development & Public Policy

University of Manchester U.K
04.2001 -

MBA - Accounting And Finance & Taxation

Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi
04.2001 -

MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) - Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

Allama Iqbal Medical College
04.2001 -

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