FTO establishes special cell for overseas Pakistanis to address their tax related issues:: Meher Kashif Younis.

ISLAMABAD -- Coordinatior to Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Meher Kashif Younis on Sunday disclosed that a special cell had been established for overseas Pakistanis at FTO office to address their tax-related grievances on top priority as remarkable numbers of Pakistanis living abroad were sending over $31 billion remittances annually.

Speaking at an awareness session with industrialists and traders at FTO office for quick redressal of tax-related grievances, he said, FTO received a number of complaints from overseas Pakistanis for double deduction of tax on their assets being received here and bearing ordeal of unable to upload refund application on FBR portal. He said now the aggrieved overseas Pakistanis can get their legitimate issues resolved promptly through a cell headed by Legal Advisor Almas Ali Javinda.

He said FTO disposed off over 5000 tax complaints in first ten months of the calendar year which is a record in history and the work on the remaining 500 pending complaints is in process. He said FTO is the only lawful entity in the world where complaints sent through a portal, mobile app,WhatsApp, email, in person, fax, written are processed free of cost on same day and disposed off within maximum 40 day while some of them are resolved same day by one call to the...

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