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
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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