LAHORE: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has accepted appeal of tax refund for hearing filed by Dr Abdul Hameed against the Regional Tax Office (RTO) Sargodha.
FTO Advisor Mian Munawar Ghafoor heard the case in which the counsel for the appellant argued that RTO had failed to release the refund of the last three years.
He said that the RTO collected excessive tax from the owner of during the last three years. He approached the officer concerned many times for issuance of the refunds but the RTO Sargodha officials did not pay the refunds after the passage of reasonable time.
Finally, the appellant decided to approach the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO), seeking interference in this case. The counsel appealed the FTO advisor to direct the RTO Sargodha to clear the refund claims as early as possible.
The counsel further said that the delay in issuance of refund claims put burden on the taxpayers, adding that the RTO should make audit of the cases and release the extra amount collected by it from the taxpayer.
On the other hand, counsel for RTO Sargodha argued that the appellant has not submitted all record in the office on which basis it is claiming for refunds. If appellant provides accurate record, the RTO will issue the refunds if any after proper assessment, he added.
After hearing the arguments from both sides, FTO Advisor has accepted appeal for hearing the appeal and directed the parties to appear on the said date to present arguments in the case before relevant forum.
