ISLAMABAD: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has apparently lost its mandate by asking Secretary Petroleum for the issuance of a license to a private company.
The FTO, on November 26, 2021, had requested the Secretary Petroleum Division (Ministry of Energy) to expedite the grant of permanent license to M/S HI-TECH.
Under the FTO Ordinance, the FTO has the power only to take cognizance of the cases of maladministration in the FBR.
The FTO, Dr Asif Mahmood Jah, informed the journalists during a press briefing on Thursday that he had only requested Secretary Petroleum to issue a permanent license of Hi-Tech as section 33 authorized him for informal resolution of the disputes.
It is pertinent to note that section 33 empowered the FTO for informal resolution of only cases of maladministration within the FBR.
The FTO further stated that his office had received 636 complaints from the public complaining of maladministration of FBR officials during the past two months. Out of the total, 360 complaints had been either accepted by FBR or recommendations had been made to the FBR for redressal of complaints, he added.
When asked about complaints of the taxpayers against tax officers, the FTO said that the mandate of his office was to redress the taxpayers’ grievances, therefore, the taxpayers having complaints of harassment by the tax officials must lodge their complaints in the FTO office.
Dr Asif Jah said that the corrupt officers of FBR would not be relieved in any case. He was...
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