LAHORE: The President of Pakistan has rejected the appeal filed by the Master Tiles against the decision of the Federal Tax Ombudsman.
According to details, Master Tiles had filed a complaint before the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) on the grounds that Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) wing of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) had issued a show case notice to appellant against the discrimination of tax returns of Rs673.60million in wealth statement and Rs10 billion under the head of sales.
He said in the appeal that the FBR sent the show case notice during the period of time when one related SRO was suspended and other was not issued yet. In-between the time period, the FBR was not authorized to send the show case notice.
The appellant also mentioned that the officers of the FBR also leaked the secrecy of the company to the press and damaged the reputation of the appellant company. The counsel for appellant prayed that the FTO may cancel the show case notice issued to appellant company.
On the other side, the FBR representative argued before the FTO that no SRO was suspended and allegations by the appellant are baseless.
After hearing the arguments from both sides, FTO Member Muhammad Munir Qurashi has rejected the complaint of the Master Tiles and remarked that appellant failed to produce evidences before the FTO.
The FTO member also remarked that on the point of damage of goodwill, defamation laws exist and appellant should appeal on the relevant judicial forum. The FTO learned that goodwill damages were not done deliberately.
In the final decision, the FTO directed the chairman FBR to interfere in the case personally on any quarry.
After that decision on 21st of January 2016, both FBR and Master Tiles filed a review petition before the FTO. The Master Tiles mentioned in the review the name of the FBR officer and claimed that the said officer leaked secret information to the press. The appellant also mentioned that on the directions of the FTO, the FBR is not showing sincerity in the findings.
On the other side, the department filed a review that the FTO, having complete decision power, may decide the case.
On 25the of April 2016, it suspended both review petitions by the FBR and Master Tiles and said in the remark to Master Tiles that under the rules and laws that addition in the review petition is not allowed.
At the end, the appellant Master Tiles filed the appeal before the President of Pakistan who confirmed the findings of the FTO.
