FTO Office: advisors follow professional conduct with unbiased approach

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has declared that the advisors in the FTO Office follow professional conduct with devotion, objectivity, and an unbiased approach while deciding cases.

In the latest order issued in the case of IESCO, the FTO held that there is no order on record by any Court/Tribunal establishing that the Large Tax Office (LTO) resorted to coercive action for the recovery of tax through illegal notice under section 48 of the Sales Tax Act, 1990.

In an application before the FTO it was contested that the sales tax adviser of the FTO Office has ignored/skipped the root cause of the complaint despite (mechanically) recording crux of the matter in the order. The arguments also recorded in note sheets (not provided despite repeated requests) and binding verdicts provided have been disregarded for some unknown reasons.

The FTO order states, allegation that the advisor while examining the case and preparing draft recommendations intentionally misread or not read evidence and binding verdicts of the superior judiciary with a view to protect “some rogue elements working in the FBR, who happen to be past time friends,” suffice it say that the advisors in FTO Office follow professional conduct with devotion, objectivity and unbiased approach.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2024