KARACHI: M/s Hadi International moved the Sindh High Court (SHC) seeking restoration of its sales tax registration suspended by officials of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) due to its involvement in alleged tax evasion.
Counsel for the petitioner stated in his constitutional petition that petitioner is engaged in the lawful import of general items and various garment products and registered with the sales tax department since 2005, and is filing his income tax and sales tax returns and paying all duties and taxes without default.
He argued that the petitioner received a suspension order dated 06/06/2018 by the officials of FBR that by virtue of section 21 (2) of the Sales Tax Act, 1990, the sales tax profile of the petitioner has been suspended due to his involvement in alleged tax evasion. He submitted that same respondents also issued show-cause notice under section 2 1(2) stating that why the sales tax profile may not be blacklisted from the date of registration.
Citing Secretary Ministry of Revenue, Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), the Commissioner Inland Revenue Zone-I, RTO-III Karachi as respondents, the petitioner pleaded the court may declare that act of the respondents as illegal and mala fide.
Petitioner also pleaded the court may restore its sales tax registration and restrain them from taking any coercive action against the petitioner till final order in this petition.
