LAHORE: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has adjourned the hearing of a case filed by Al Murtaza Ice Factory till Monday.
According to the details, Advisor of Federal Tax Ombudsman Munir Qurashi heard the case of Al Murtaza Ice Factory in which the counsel for the appellant argued that the Regional Tax Office (RTO) failed to make payment of income tax refund claims to Al Murtaza Ice Factory from the last two years.
He said that Regional Tax Office has collected excessive tax from Al Murtaza Ice Factory from the last three years and it approached many time before the Commissioner concerned for refunds but the RTO did not pay the refunds claims after the passage of reasonable time.
At the end we decided to approach Federal Tax Ombudsman to interfere in this case and direct Regional Tax Office (RTO) to clear our refund claims. The counsel of ice factory said that Regional Tax Office should refund the excess collection at the end of year but failed to do so.
n the other side Regional Tax Office representative argued that the appellant Al Murtaza Ice Factory has not submitted all the record in the Regional Tax Office on the basis the company is submitting its claim for refunds. If appellant provide accurate record in Regional Tax Office then RTO will check the record and refund the extra tax to Al Murtaza Ice Factory after assessment.
After hearing the arguments from both sides the Adviser to Federal Tax Ombudsman Muneer Qureshi adjourned the case till 27 June for further hearing and directed the parties to appear on said date for further.
