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President for raising awareness about FTO’s services in providing relief to taxpayers

Government of PakistanPresident for raising awareness about FTO’s services in providing relief to taxpayers
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: President Dr. Arif Alvi has asked the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) to raise awareness among the taxpayers about its services in providing relief against the high-handedness and injustices of tax authorities.

While addressing an awareness seminar regarding the services of the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO), the president said that increased awareness about FTO would encourage a greater number of taxpayers to seek resolution of their grievances and complaints against tax departments.

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The FTO Dr. Asif Mahmood Jah, the Federal Insurance Ombudsman Dr. Muhammad Khawar Jameel, the Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment Ms Kashmala Tariq, Advisors to FTO, members of the business community, and senior government officials attended the seminar.

The president advised the Mohtasib to launch awareness campaigns regularly across the country in the form of workshops, seminars, and personal visits to the relevant trade, business and investment institutions to highlight the importance of paying just and lawful taxes and to approach the Federal Tax Ombudsman for the redressal their complaints.

The president also urged FTO to adopt the latest technology to address a greater number of complaints, besides bringing efficiency in the working of the Mohtasib.

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Resident Arif Alvi said that people needed to be educated about the importance of paying taxes and the role of taxes in national development to persuade people to voluntarily pay taxes.

The president said that important and impactful decisions of FTO, wherein relief was provided to the complainants, should be highlighted through the media to create awareness about the services of FTO.

The president said that FTO was playing an important role in discouraging corrupt practices and arbitrary use of authority by the tax officials besides reducing unnecessary delays caused by the tax machinery.

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Dr. Arif Alvi further stated that due to FTO’s efforts the number of complaints filed with the FTO against the maladministration of tax authorities had increased which was proof of the rising awareness about FTO among the people.

The president appreciated that FTO was providing prompt and free-of-cost justice to taxpayers within 60 days without involving the lengthy litigation process.

While addressing the occasion, the Federal Tax Ombudsman Dr. Asif Mahmood Jah highlighted that FTO during the year 2021 had resolved 2867 cases and had succeeded in reducing the average time taken to resolve complaints from 68 days to 57 days. He said that during the first six months of the year 2022, over 2500 complaints had been received by the FTO which had been mostly resolved.

The Federal Tax Ombudsman stated that FTO was providing prompt and cost-free redressal of taxpayers’ grievances at their doorsteps and urged the participants to further highlight the services being provided by the Mohtasib.

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