Overview
The FTO ruling stated that Millat Tractors submitted false sales tax refund applications of Rs14.8 billion between 2017 and 22.
The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has issued a ruling in favor of Sindh’s impoverished farmers and asked. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to examine alleged tax fraud by a tractor manufacturer. According to the FTO, the case was based on a complaint filed by the Sindh Chamber of Agriculture in Hyderabad.
Millat Tractors Case
The complainants claimed unlawful payment of sales tax refund worth billions of rupees to the MTL, Lahore using “self-manufactured paperwork against transactions done by black money. By utilizing false and misleading invoices, defaulter identities, and unconnected CNIC numbers, which the FBR never audits.
The complainant is a senior vice president of the Sindh Chamber of Agriculture, Hyderabad, and has filed a complaint on behalf of his organization. Against the suspected fraud payment of sales tax refunds in billions of rupees to M/s Millat Tractors Ltd Lahore.
The company manages self-made documents against transactions made with black money, by using false and irrelevant invoices, Defaulter names, and unrelated CNIC numbers, and failing to comply with the mandatory conditions mentioned under sections 73 and 23 of the 1990 Sales Tax Act.
FTO Orders Revealed Purpose
The FTO ordered publicly to release that tractors are booked for the purpose of investment. Those are not shown as buyers, growers, and farmers. They are only buying and selling tractors for profit or commission purposes. They only want to hide taxes and invoices in the names of totally irrelevant users.
CNIC persons who have bought tractors without grower land and mainly used for purposes other than the farmers or such as industry, trolley bricks, construction materials, land work, garbage disposal, etc.
According to the conclusions of the FTO’s order. The key problem is the statement of tax fraud on payment of an unjustifiable sales tax refund of Rs. 14.887 billion. M/s Millat Tractors Ltd (MTL) under SRO 363(I) 2012 dated 13-4-2012 and SRO 563(I)/2022 dated 29-4-2022 against transactions.
The FTO has instructed the FBR to order the Chief Commissioner. Inland Revenue (IR), Large Tax Office (LTO), Lahore to investigate/conduct a comprehensive investigation into the mentioned firm.
According to the FTO’s order, Such obvious instances of negligence and commission. On the part of the department proving “neglect, inattention, and inefficiency. In the administration or fulfillment of duties and obligations” obviously constitute misconduct under FTO Ordinance, 2000 section 2(3) (ii).
