FTO introduced new vistas for redressal of tax payers grievances: Meher Kashif.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has introduced the best multiple initiatives, new vistas and highly simplified procedures for prompt redressal of genuine grievances of bonafide tax payers on top priority.

Speaking in an awareness meeting with traders, Honorary Coordinator to FTO Meher Kashif Younis here on Thursday said FTO, who is enjoying the highest degree of integrity coupled with the best standards of professional competency, is fully committed with a clear objective to eliminate corruption, maladministration, malaise and inertia in federal tax machinery.

He said inter-alia other initiatives, the mechanism of informal complaint redressal has now be re-actived.

He said although this provision was available but it was hardly ever tapped. He said earlier non tax bureaucrats were appointed FTO lacking judicial vision and wisdom acumen to be exercised on tax matters.

Meher Kashif said now FTO had directed all Advisors to make maximize use of it and started exercising this effective provision of law wherever...