Islamabad: Thousands of fraudulent transactions discovered in taxpayer profile. The taxpayer sought relief from the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) after getting disappointed by the authorities.
According to the reports, Muhammad Umar Aziz, a Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Law and Justice and filed income tax returns declaring income from salary only. Reportedly, he has found multiple Fake entries appearing in his tax profile.
After getting disappointed he made a call to Commissioner-IR, Regional Tax Officer (RTO) Islamabad but unluckily did not get any response.
Moreover, he had a Complaint to the FTO about tampering with his tax profile, and it was dismissed. A complaint with the recommendation to update the complaints tax profile was filed on January 31, 2018 complaint number 0719/ISB/IT/2107.
Though the complaint was launched five years back still, no action has been taken by the authorities.
According to the complainant, under various sections of the Income Tax Ordinance 2001, there were approximately 23,800 fake entries made in the complainant’s name. Including import declarations and withholding Transactions.
However, these are due to the fact that a test National Tax Number (NTN) was allotted to the complainant. All situation depicts the negligence and inefficiency of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Pakistan Revenue Automation Authority (PRAL) employees.
In this instance, both organizations provided a response, which was unsatisfactory for the FTO. The Ombudsman noted that this case reflects some serious details. In case, if not addressed that may expose FBR to similar hazards in the future.
On December 6, 2022, another letter was issued seeking PRAL’s response on the following issues:
However, it has been noticed that the complaint has exposed the systemic and official maladministration of the FBR. The summary of its field formation and PRAL is as follows:
The FTO directed the FBR to:
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