LAHORE: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) adjourned the hearing of a case filed by M/s Mansoor Paint Industries, Bund Road Lahore, against the Regional Tax Office-II (RTO-II) until the next hearing.
Consultant to Federal Tax Ombudsman Tariq Yousaf heard the case 783/LHR/ST(227)1396/2013 FTO-LHR/0001396/13 in which counsel for plaintiff contended that the Regional Tax Office-II (RTO-II) has failed to make the payment of tax refund claims to the company since two years.
The counsel added that the field formation has been collecting excessive tax from the taxpayer for the last two years. Complainant M/s Mansoor Paint Industries approached the commissioner concerned RTO-II many times for refunds but no action was taken by the Regional Tax Office-II.
Finally the appellant decided to approach the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) to direct the RTO-II Lahore to clear the pending refund claims as early as possible. The counsel argued that the Lahore RTO-II should clear refunds at the end of the fiscal year but it did not do the same.
On the other side, counsel for Regional Tax Office-II (RTO-II) Lahore contended that the RTO-II is ready to settle the case after assessment. After hearing the arguments from both sides, the FTO postponed the case of petitioner of M/s Mansoor Paint Industries till the next date for further hearing and ordered the parties to appear on the next date.
