LAHORE: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has shut down six of its regional offices and removed several advisors as part of an administrative restructuring.
According to official sources, the regional offices in Mianwali, Sargodha, Gujranwala, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Abbottabad have been closed. Advisors-in-Charge posted at some of these locations, including Mianwali and Sargodha, have also been removed from their positions.
The advisor previously posted at Gujranwala will continue his duties at the Sialkot office, while the regional offices of Hyderabad and Sukkur have been merged.
In a notification issued on Monday, the FTO Secretariat directed Advisors-in-Charge to serve vacation notices to landlords of the affected office premises in line with existing lease agreements. The notification also instructed that all outstanding liabilities be cleared and the proper transfer and documentation of physical assets, including consumable and non-consumable items, be ensured with due intimation to the Secretariat.
