LAHORE: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has adjourned the hearing of a case filed by M/s A. Spinning Mills Limited against Regional Tax Office-I (RTO-I) Lahore until the next hearing.
According to the details, Advisor to FTO Mian Munawar Ghafoor heard the case No 420/LHR/ST (104)/747/2013 in which the counsel for the complainant, Muhammad Naveed Javaid, argued that the Lahore RTO remained fail to make payment of tax refund to the company during the last two years.
The counsel added that the field formation collected excessive tax from taxpayers during last two years. The petitioners approached the commissioner concerned many times for refunds but no action was taken in this regard.
At the end, the appellants decided to approach FTO to interfere in this case and direct the Lahore RTO to clear the pending refund claims as early as possible, the counsel argued, adding that the RTO should clear the refunds at the end of fiscal year but it did not do the same.
On the other side, counsel for RTO Lahore argued that the RTO was ready to settle the case after assessment. After hearing the arguments from both sides, Advisor Mian Munawar Ghafoor adjourned the case until next date for further hearing and directed the parties to appear on the said date.
