ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Friday disposed of a customs’ reference filed by M/s Al Catel Lusent Pakistan Limited with the directive to the ATIR to rehear the matter.
The IHC bench, comprising of Justice Shaukat Aziz and Justice Mohsin Akhtar, has reserved the decision on the matter after hearing final arguments.
M/s Al Catel Lusent Pakistan Limited had filed the case challenging an announcement made by the Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR) through which it had sustained the decision announced by the department’s adjudication pertaining to the show cause notice to issued M/s Al Catel Lusent Pakistan Limited for outstanding tax recovery.
Through both references, M/s Al Catel Lusent Pakistan Limited had named Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue, LTU, Assistant Commission Inland Revenue Withholding, LTU, Commissioner Inland Revenue (Appeals), LTU, and Federation of Pakistan through Chairman of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) as respondent in the case.
Show-cause notices were issued for the tax year 2013 under the head of Income Tax under Sections of Income Tax Ordinance-2001.
M/s Al Catel Lusent Pakistan Limited had prayed the court to direct the LTU not to recover the said amount and abstain from any coercive action in this regard.
The petitioner had prayed the court that operation of the impugned notices issued by the tax authority may kindly be suspended till the decision of the appeal pending before the LTU.
