LAHORE: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has postponed the hearing of a case filed by M.M Goraya CNG against the Regional Tax Office (RTO) Lahore till the next date of hearing.
FTO Advisor Mian Munawar Ghafoor heard the case No: FTO-LHR/0000134/17 filed by M.M Goraya CNG. The counsel for the appellant argued that the RTO has been failing to release the sales tax refund to the appellant for the last two years.
He said the RTO has been collecting excessive tax from the company for the last two years. The petitioner approached the officials concerned several times for release of the refunds but the RTO officials failed to clear them after the lapse of a reasonable time.
Finally, the appellant decided to approach the FTO seeking his intervention in this case. The counsel appealed the FTO advisor to direct the RTO to clear the refunds’ claims.
The counsel further said that delay in release of refunds put the burden on the taxpayer so the RTO should audit the case and release the extra amount collected by it from the taxpayer.
On the other hand, counsel for RTO contended that the appellant has not submitted all the record in the office for claiming refunds. If appellant provides an accurate record, the RTO will release the refunds after a proper assessment, he added.
After hearing the arguments from both sides, FTO adjourned the case until next date for further hearing and directed the parties to appear on the said date to present arguments in the case.
