LAHORE: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Mian Munawar Ghafoor on Tuesday heard an appeal filed by Muhammad Shakeel, a cloth dealer, against Corporate Regional Tax Office (CRTO) Lahore and fixed the appeal for further hearing on the next date.
According to details, the FTO heard the case in which the counsel for the appellant argued that the Corporate Regional Tax Office (CRTO) had failed to resolve the tax refund of the last two years claimed by the company.
He said that the CRTO collected excessive tax from Muhammad Shakeel during the last two years. He approached the commissioner concerned many times for issuance of refunds but the CRTO officials did not pay the refunds after the passage of a reasonable time.
At the end, the company decided to approach the FTO seeking interference in this case. The counsel appealed the FTO advisor to direct the CRTO to clear the refund claims.
The counsel further said that CRTO should refund the excess collection in wake of taxes by the end of financial year but the situation is quite otherwise.
After hearing the arguments from both sides, FTO Advisor adjourned the case until next date for further hearing and directed the parties to appear on said date to present final arguments in the case. The same fixed case will be heard on next date.
