LAHORE: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) on Tuesday sought relevant record from parties of appeal filed by proprietor of M/s Iftekhar Ice Factory against the Regional Tax Office (RTO-II) Lahore.
During the proceedings of the case, 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 the RTO-II collected excessive taxes from the company 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 at the earliest.
The counsel further stated 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, advisor for FTO Mian Munawar Ghafoor has ordered to the relevant zone of Regional Tax Office-II to produce relevant documents on the next date of hearing to conclude the case. He directed counsels to appear in the next date with relevant documents.
