LAHORE: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has accepted a tax refund appeal filed by proprietor of M/s Marjan General Trading, Data Gunj Buksh Town against the Regional Tax Office (RTO-II) Lahore.
Advisor Muhammad Zahiruddin heard the appeal. During the proceedings, the counsel for the appellant argued that the RTO-II had failed to release the sales tax refund to the appellant for the last two years.
He said that the RTO-II collected excessive taxes from the petitioner during the last two years. The petitioner approached the officials concerned several times for the release of refunds, but the RTO officials failed to clear refunds after the passage of a reasonable time.
Finally, the appellant decided to approach the FTO seeking intervention in this 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 put burden on taxpayers, adding that the RTO-II should make audit of the case and release the extra amount collected by it from the taxpayer.
On the other hand, counsel for RTO-II argued that the appellant has not submitted all record to the office for claiming refunds. If appellant provides the accurate record, the RTO-II will release refunds after a proper assessment, he added.
After hearing the arguments from both sides, FTO advisor has accept the appeal for hearings and directed the parties to appear before him on said date to conclude arguments in the case. Advisor also ordered to produce relevant record before the court.
