LAHORE: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has adjourned the hearing of a case filed by M/s Mumtaz Electric Works against Regional Tax Office Gujranwala until the next hearing.
According to the details, Advisor to Federal Tax Ombudsman Muneer Qurashi heard the case in which the counsel for the complainant argued that the RTO Gujranwala remained fail to make payment of tax refund claims 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 Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) to interfere in this case and direct the Gujranwala RTO to clear the pending refund claims as early as possible, the counsel argued, adding that the RTO Gujranwala should clear the refunds at the end of fiscal year but it did not do the same.
On the other side, counsel for RTO Gujranwala argued that the RTO has ready to settle the case after assessment. After hearing the arguments from both sides the Adviser of Federal Tax Ombudsman Muneer Qurashi adjourned the case of Mumtaz Ahmed M/s Mumtaz Electric Works till next date for further hearing and directed the parties to appear on said date.
