The taxman cometh: Unpaid back taxes leave RCB racing to court

RCB has approached the Lahore High Court (LHC) to challenge a notice issued by the ILR.

RAWALPINDI:

Already facing financial problems, the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has approached the Lahore High Court (LHC) to challenge a notice issued by the Inland Revenue Department (ILR) for direct recovery of income tax from the board’s bank account.

Justice Mamoon Rasheed Sheikh of the LHC’s Rawalpindi bench on Monday took up the petition filed by RCB Executive Officer Rana Manzoor Ahmed and issued notices to the ILR Rawalpindi commissioner to respond within two weeks.

Praying to the court to stop the tax department from making direct deductions from RCB’s account, the petitioner said his office may be unable to pay staff salaries if the deductions were not stopped.

The executive officer informed the ILR that the money was not owed by RCB rather by contractors who had already been served with notices.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 2^nd, 2012.