ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday reserved a decision on a customs matter filed by M/s Dancom Pakistan against Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR) during third week of December.
Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Miangul Hassan heard the case and reserved decision as the parties concluded arguments and submitted relating record.
M/s Dancom Pakistan had filed the case challenging an announcement made by the ATIR through which it had sustained a decision announced by the department’s adjudication pertaining to the show cause notice issued to it for recovery of outstanding tax.
Through both the references, M/s Dancom Pakistan had named chief commissioner Inland Revenue, LTU, assistant commissioner Inland Revenue Withholding, LTU, commissioner Inland Revenue (Appeals), LTU, and Federation of Pakistan through the chairman of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) as respondents in the case.
Show-cause notices had been issued for the tax year 2016 in head of income tax under sections of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001.
M/s Dancom Pakistan had prayed the court to direct LTU not to recover the said amount and abstain from any coercive action in this regard.
The petitioner had prayed the court operation of the impugned notices issued by the tax authority may kindly be suspended till the decisions of appeal pending before the LTU.
Another bench of IHC comprising of Justice Shaukat Aziz and Justice Mohsin Akhtar dated in office hearing on M/S Pakhtoon’s customs cases and directed parties to provide record pertaining to the case prior to next date of hearing. The appellant had filed the case against Model Collectorate of Customs, Islamabad.
The bench also directed FBR field office, MCC and the appellant to submit record on the case in order to assist the court. Justice Aziz’s single bench also heard another customs case filed against MCC by Ehsan ur Rehman.
