LAHORE: Federal Tax Ombudsman Dr. Asif Mehmood Jah has said that over the last two years, the FTO’s decisions resulted in refund of Rs. 12 billion to thousands of taxpayers and curbing of tax evasion in several sectors including steel, sugar and land development. Addressing a meeting of the Advisory Committee (Central) here on Friday, he said just one study by the FTO helped find about 60,000 new taxpayers in the sugar sector, and stabilised the sugar prices. He also highlighted various steps taken to raise awareness among masses about the FTO role, adding that various new offices were opened across the country and an outreach programme was initiated for the purpose. He said that the steps resulted in increased complaints and now the number of complainants had reached 8,000. He said that any aggrieved person could approach the FTO through a simple application. DNA
