KARACHI: To provide maximum facilitation to the business community, the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has constituted honorary positions of Coordinator (Business Liaison) in the Federal Tax Ombudsman Offices at Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Gujranwala, Multan, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Abbottabad, Sargodha and Sukkur with immediate effect.
These positions will be honorary and pro-bono without entailing any official financial expenditure. The honorary coordinators will maintain a close liaison with local Chambers of Commerce & Industry, trade associations, market association, general trade bodies and other business related organizations, Liaison with business taxpayers individually or collectively.
They would present taxpayers problems, issues, conflicts and concerns to the respective advisors in FTO office and act proactively for immediate redressal of the same.
This would be instrumental in resolving key tax issues of business community and will act as bridge between traders, trader bodies and FTO for quick redressal of the genuine problems faced by the traders across the country.