KARACHI:  An Income Tax Appellate bench (ITAB) of High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi and Justice Abdul Maalik Gaddi issued pre-admission notices for Nov 08 to the  Commissioner Inland Revenue (Audit Range  A Zone II. Large Tax Payers Unit) and Additional Commissioner IR in an Income Tax Reference Application (ITRA) filed by Attock Cement Pakistan Limited.

The controversy pertains to assessment of tax liability including the sales tax as part of expenses, The applicant maintains that it never claimed that ST is an expense and paid the due amount of IT yet the raising of demand of rupees 99,031,350 is unjustified.

The bench after hearing the initial arguments and main question of law ordered issuance of pre-admission notices to the respondent IR officers for Nov 08.