ISLAMABAD: A division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday adjourned the hearing of a couple of tax references involving Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
The IHC division bench comprising Justice Noor-Ul-Haq N Qureshi and Justice Athar Minallah heard the references filed by M/s Alcatel Lucent Pakistan Limited and Messer Nowshera. The bench adjourned hearing of cases for the next week.
M/s Al Alcatel Lucent Pakistan Limited had filed the tax reference against Appellate Tribunal. The appellant had challenged a decision announced by the tribunal before the IHC. The company had also nominated officers of LTU in the petition among respondents.
Messer Nowshera had filed the tax reference against the Large Taxpayers Unit, Islamabad. The appellant had submitted that the show cause notice issued to him in head of sales tax was illegal and was based on malafide intentions.
The FBR and LTU officers, including Commissioner Inland Revenue, and Commissioner Inland Revenue (Appeals) and ATIR, were made respondents in the case.
Meanwhile, a single bench of IHC will resume hearing of a tax reference on Friday filed by Nokia Solution and Networks Pakistan (Private) Limited.
The bench comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb will hear the case. Nokia Solution and Networks Pakistan had challenged a tax recovery claim amounting to Rs 3.643 million issued by field office of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
Nokia Solution had filed the case seeking restrictions for Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU), Islamabad about recovering outstanding tax amount. The company had also sought appropriate relief in account on proceedings started against it by the department.
FBR, officers of LTU including Inland Revenue (IR) commissioner, deputy commissioner and IR Appeals commissioner were made respondent in the case.
