LAHORE: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has postponed the hearing of an appeal filed by Muhammad Jameel, a resident of Gujrat, against the Regional Tax Office (RTO) Sialkot until the next hearing.
FTO Advisor Mian Munawar Ghafoor heard the complainant number 437-L /IT (335) 663/ 2017 in which the counsel for the appellant argued that the RTO Sialkot has not released the refund to the appellant of the last two years.
He said that the RTO Sialkot collected excessive tax from the appellant during the last two years. The company approached the officer concerned many times for issuance of the refunds but the department did not pay the refunds after the passage of a reasonable time.
Finally, the appellant decided to approach the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO), seeking interference in this case. The counsel appealed the FTO advisor to direct the commissioner of RTO Sialkot to clear the refund claims.
The counsel further said that the delay in issuance of refunds put burden on the taxpayers, adding that the RTO should make audit of the cases and release the extra amount collected by it from the taxpayer.
After hearing the arguments from both sides, FTO advisor adjourned the case and directed the parties to appear on the next date of hearing to present arguments in the case.
