Law: Sales Tax Rules, 2006

Section: R-28

Sales Tax Rules, 2006---R.28---Settlement of a large number of pending Sales Tax refunds---Exercise of suo motu powers---Complaint had been lodged by Complainant Association seeking indulgence of Federal Tax Ombudsman for settlement of a large number of pending Sales Tax refunds filed by its members---Complaint had been entertained exercising suo motu powers under S.9(1) of Establishment of Office of Federal Tax Ombudsman Ordinance, 2000---Complainant Association stated that as the refund claims of its members would be processed by the department individually, they would like to request that the complaint filed by it be treated as withdrawn---Complaint having been taken up for investigation under suo motu jurisdiction of Federal Tax Ombudsman, same would be decided on its merits---Huge difference in the number of claims having been noticed, both the department and Association were directed to reconcile the figures---Though the major contentious issue of pending sales tax refund claims had been reconciled with the intervention of Federal Tax Ombudsman Office, the need of addressing the systemic issue of maladministration in the sales tax refunds remained intact---Federal Board of Revenue was recommended to direct the Chief Commissioners across Pakistan to clear all more than two months old pending sales tax refund claims, as per law, within four weeks; that being a systemic issue, Federal Board of Revenue to put in place an efficient and fool-proof mechanism of expeditious disposal of bona fide refund claims; complainant Association to file a monthly statement with the Registrar Federal Tax Ombudsman on more than two months old pending claims, with a copy to the concerned Chief Commissioner, to enable the Federal Tax Ombudsman Office to monitor that issue on a regular basis; and Federal Board of Revenue to report compliance of said matters by specified date. FINDINGS/RECOMMENDATIONS DR. MUHAMMAD SHOAIB SUDDLE, FEDERAL TAX OMBUDSMAN.---This complaint has been lodged by Messrs All Pakistan Textile Processing Mills Association (APTPMA), seeking the Hon'ble FTO's indulgence for settlement of a large number of pending sales tax refunds filed by its members. The…

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