ISLAMABAD: Top Federal Board of Revenue officials found involved in corruptpractices worth billion of Rupees.
Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) on Monday directed the Federal Bureau ofRevenue (FBR) authorities to take serious action against those involved inthe illegal refund of tax rather than mere blacklisting them.
The ombudsman directed the bureau to issue a red alert in the matter andtake concrete steps other than suspension of the Sales Tax RegistrationNumbers (STRNs).
It said that some of the FBR officials were also involved in registeringthe illegal STRNs. “In major cases, the process to blacklisting the STRNswas initiated after six months,” it said.
The FTO said that no action was recommended against the fake people andtheir accomplices and a recovery order of Rs 410 million was issued againstan illegal STRN four years ago.
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The ombudsman said that despite a suo moto case into the case, the FBRauthorities are reluctant to take action against its officials, who werehands in glove during the entire process.
It directed the concerned chief commissioners to initiate properproceedings against the officials in the matter.
This is not the first time that the ombudsman has ordered action illegaltax refund case for as on January 31, it directed to initiate actionagainst Federal Board of Revenue link (FBR) officialsinvolved in an illegal tax refund case.
