LAHORE: The Regional Tax Offices (RTOs) are reluctant to change the tax jurisdiction of corporate taxpayers even after the relocation of their head offices to another region, sources said. A good number of cases were pending with the RTOs, particularly in Karachi, where the concerned officers were delaying the process simply to meet revenue targets, added industry sources.
The Income Tax Ordinance as well as the Sales Tax Act explicitly provide that a corporate entity, whether listed or not, would be registered with the RTO where its head office resides. But still the fate of many cases is hanging in the balance as both the FBR and the field officers are not ready to process their applications.
