LAHORE: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has remanded back an appeal to solve the issue of petitioner. The same appeal was filed by Proprietor Safder Ali & Brothers against the Regional Tax Office (RTO-II) Lahore and adjourned until the next date of hearing.
FTO Advisor Mian Munawar Ghafoor heard the case. The counsel for the appellant argued that the RTO had failed to release the sales tax refund to the appellant for the last two years.
He said that the RTO-II has been collecting excessive tax from the company for the last two years. The petitioner approached the officials concerned several times for release of refunds, but the RTO officials failed to clear the refunds after the lapse of a reasonable time.
Finally, the appellant decided to approach the FTO seeking intervention in the case. The counsel appealed the FTO Advisor to direct the RTO-II to clear the refund claims.
The counsel further said that delay in release of refunds puts burden on the taxpayer, so the RTO-II should make audit of the cases and release the extra amount collected from the taxpayer.
On the other hand, counsel for RTO-II argued that the appellant has not submitted all the record in the office for claiming refunds. If he provides accurate record, the RTO-II will release the refunds after a proper assessment, he maintained.
After hearing the arguments from both sides, FTO Advisor ordered the Regional Tax Office to solve the issue of petitioner regarding the tax refund.
