MULTAN: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Regional Tax Office (RTO) Multan has been working without Commissioner Appeal for the last couple of months.
the FBR had transferred Commissioner Appeals RTO Multan two months ago. Commissioner Masood Akhtar Shaheedi had served several years in the RTO Multan on this key position.
Commissioner Appeals Masood Akhtar Shaheedi has been transferred to Lahore after his promotion as member tribunal FBR, but the FBR has yet not taken any decision to appoint any Commissioner Appeal. Tax officials are waiting for appointment of Commissioner Appeals because it creates hindrance in the recovery of tax revenue. Most of the tax collection cases are pending due to their appealed filed by taxpayers in the Commissioner Appeal.
Absence of Commissioner Appeals in Multan is creating serious problems for collection of taxes from taxpayers .Number of Pending cases are increasing day by day and it also make recovery inactive due to unavailability of Commissioner Appeals.
FBR had assigned almost Rs 70 Billion of huge Collection target to RTO Multan for the fiscal year 2015-16. Around five months of fiscal year have been passed so far but before ending of first quarter of current fiscal year department is working without Commissioner Appeal.
The RTO Multan has also informed FBR through correspondence for the appointment of Commissioner for disposal of pending cases in the court of Commissioner Appeals. Further delay in the appointment of Commissioner Appeal at RTO Multan will create more hurdles for tax authorities in achievement of their Revenue target allotted by FBR for fiscal year 2015-16.
Taxpayers are disappointed on not appointing any Commissioner Appeal in the Regional Tax Office Multan and they are also facing pendency issue .Multan Tax Bar Association (MTBA) have also demanded from Federal Board of Revenue to appoint Commissioner Appeal in Regional Tax Office Multan for the speedy disposal of pending cases.
Performance of RTO Multan is also affecting due to unavailability of this key position Commissioner Appeals and accomplishment of revenue collection also becomes challenging for authorities in Multan.
