The Commissioner Inland Revenue would have the authority to issue orders to the taxpayers for conducting manual post-refund scrutiny of claims against inadmissible sales tax refunds paid after June 30, 2014. The FBR has amended Sales Tax Rules, 2006 through an SRO 1320(1)/2018 issued here on Friday.
According to the FBR, where the Commissioner Inland Revenue has reason to believe, on the basis of some information, pre-determined criteria or otherwise, that a registered person whose refund claim was processed or sanctioned after the 30th June, 2014, has been paid refund which was not admissible, he may direct through order in writing to conduct manual post-refund scrutiny of such claim, the SRO added.
Earlier, where the Commissioner Inland Revenue has reasons to believe that a registered person whose refund claim was processed or sanctioned after the 30th June, 2014, has been paid refund which was not admissible to him, he may direct through order in writing to conduct computerized Post Refund Scrutiny (PRS) of such claim.
Following is the text of the notification issued here on Friday: SRO 1320(1)/2018.- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (I) of section 4, section 40 and section 45A of the Federal Excise Act, 2005, section 219 of the Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969), section 50 of the Sales Tax Act, 1990, read with sub-section (2) of section 8, clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 8, clause (ii) of sub-section (2) of section 8B, sections 9, 10, 14, 21, 21A and 28, clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 22, first proviso to sub-section (1) of section 23, section 26, section 33, section 40C, sub-section (6) of section 47A, sections 48, 50A, 52, 52A and 66 thereof, the Federal Board of Revenue is pleased to direct that the following further amendments shall be made in the Sales Tax Rules, 2006, namely:-
In the aforesaid Rules
(a) in rule 26A, in sub-rule (8), for the second proviso, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"Provided further that where the Commissioner Inland Revenue has reason to believe, on the basis of some information, pre-determined criteria or otherwise, that a registered person, whose refund claim was processed or sanctioned after the 30th June, 2014, has been paid refund which was not admissible, he may direct through order in writing to conduct manual post-refund scrutiny of such claim."; and
(b) in rule 36, in sub-rule (1), for second proviso, the following shall be substituted,
namely:-
"Provided further that where the Commissioner Inland Revenue has reason to believe, on the basis of some information, pre-determined criteria or otherwise, that a registered person, whose refund claim was processed or sanctioned after the 30th June, 2014, has been paid refund which was not admissible, he may direct through order in writing to conduct manual post-refund scrutiny of such claim."
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