LAHORE: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) failed to implement key recommendations issued by Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) remains wherein FTO ordered to launch an investigation.
To knowing that why Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation did not file an appeal against light sentence awarded to mastermind of big sales tax fraud scam.
It is reliably learnt that aggrieved taxpayer preferred a constitutional petition through Waheed Shahzad Butt, Advocate, challenging the action of FBR wing
“Intelligence and Investigation” to file representation before the President against the order passed by the FTO. The order passed by President in favour of the FBR and against FTO was reversed by the LHC while deciding petition against President of Pakistan, now the matter is pending before Supreme Court of Pakistan.
The LHC mentioned in the order “A notice was issued by the respondent (Intelligence & Investigation) by which the petitioner was confronted with certain amounts. The said amounts were deposited under protest by the petitioner.
From a perusal of the order passed by the FTO as well as the findings rendered by the President on representation filed by the respondents, it is clear that the recommendations made by the FTO was done after due regard for the entire facts and circumstances as well as by taking into account the legal proposition that no recovery of tax could be made otherwise by due process of law and by following procedural formalities.
In view of the above, this petition is allowed and the order passed by the President is set aside with the result of the findings rendered by the FTO, shall stand revived, the LHC ordered.
