MULTAN: Commissioner Inland Revenue (IR) Appeals has decided almost 600 tax appeals of Individuals on the basis of provided evidences after completion of proceedings. The Federal Board of Revenue has launched e- filling appeals facility for the addressing of taxpayer’s grievances.
It was said by Commissioner Inland Revenue Appeals Muhammad Saleem while talking exclusively to Customs Today in his Regional Tax Office Multan. He informed that time limit for filing an appeal before the Commissioner (appeals) is thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of notice of demand relating to an assessment, penalty or any other order.
Commissioner Inland Revenue Appeals Regional Tax Office Multan deals with cases falling in income tax, sales tax and federal excise duty. He informed that as per Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, commissioner appeals are responsible to decide a case within 120 days from the date of institution of the case, which can be extended for further 60 days after the approval of Federal Board of Revenue.
Muhammad Saleem has said that under the Income Tax Ordinance 2001, the facility of self-assessment is limited to small and medium scale trade and industrial groups. However, large industrial groups should be given such facility and monitoring on the product. Talking to Customs today he said that measures like closure are leading to promotion of tax evasion and it needs to be reconsidered. He said that since he took charge as Commissioner of Appeals in late November 2020 and he decided almost 600 tax cases decided so far. Commissioner Appeals told that said cases were disposed and dealt with on merit and on the basis of evidences.He informed that global pandemic Covid-19 has disturbed the proceedings of the appeals due to recent wave but we have adopted all possible measures to contain it.
Replying to a question he said that he was appointed at different designations including Commissioner during his 28 years of service in the Federal Board of Revenue and my priority was to preserve and protect state revenue at any cost. Commissioner Appeals Inland Revenue faced pressure from several political influential persons but we ignored them to deliver justice.
However, Commissioner Appeals has always preferred merit-based decisions not accounting political influence. He added that Federal Board of Revenue has reinforced me in provision of all possible relief to the taxpayers in the preparation of cases.
