Altaf Hamid Rao.
MIRPUR [AJK], (Parliament Times) : The Inland Revenue Department of Azad Jammu Kashmir government (South Zone) has served notices to various taxpayersdefaulters including individuals, industrial and state govt. functioneries in the region directing them to deposit the amount of tax arrears, pending against them by the end of this fiscal year – June 30 sharp, it was officially said.
The state government / semi govt departments, served the notices included Mirpur Development Authority, (MDA), Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), PWD, BISE Mangla Dam Housing Authority (MDHA), Kotli Development Authority (KDA), local govt. and Rural Development and others, disclosed Commissioner IRD ( South) Anser Ali Syed while talking to this Correspondent here Saturday.
“It has been observed that there is considerable amount of tax arrears without litigation with cach Inland Revenuc Circle and this outstanding tax amount is used to ascend by the close of every
financial year. Reportedly, the Circle Oficers issue notices for recovcry of tax arrears but
these arrears are either stuck in litigation or most of cases are untraceable.
As a significant amount on account of income tax, sales, tax, professional tax and
2) Education cess ctc is lying in arrears with different Inland Revenue Circles, so there was a dire need
to launch a full-fledged recovery drive especially at this point in time, when the fiscal year is
approaching towards its closure and every possible tax amount is beneficial for the State
exchequer”, he said.
The Commissioner continued that Tax Recovery Wing has been constituted for the said purpose
on provisional basis to the extent of
District Mirpur to be effective till 30th June, 2025.
“The Wing which shall carry out the recovery
exercise on case to case basis in liaison, collaboration and with the assistance of the
concerned Circle Incharge Officer having jurisdiction over the case”, he said while responding to a question.
The Recovery Wing is headed by
Muhammad Babar Khan, Assistant Commissioner, IRD and other effective field officers.
The concerned Inspector Inland Revenue of the relevant Circle and Excise Constables
are also memebers of Tax Recovery Wing.
The Tax Recovery Wing under alliance with the concerned DCIR/ACIR/IRO shall
undertake following lines of action in recovery drive, according to the IRD Commissioner.
“The Wing shall sort Out the potential recovery cases after obtaining detailed arrears
list from the concerned Circles. The Circle Officer shall first make the statutory noticing in all those genuine arrears cases which are existent and are not sub-judice before any court of law and where
chances of tax recovery are strong and possible”, he said.
Syed Anser Ali, Commissioner Inland Revenue
(South Zone), AJ&K stated while elaborating the plan for recovery of the arrears that public notice has already been floated from the Department of Inland Revenue for
Awareness of general public regarding deposit of outstanding tax arrears through
social media forums, wherein the last date of payment of arrears was 10th of June, 2025.
Wing with assistance of the concerned Officer shall
after expiry of given date,
launch the coercive measures which
include freezing of bank account /immovable property, disconnection of electricity
connections and recovery through Land Revenue Act, imposition of further penalty
and surcharge etc”, the Commissioner declared.
“All Cirele Incharge Officers and constituents of Tax Recovery Wing have been directed to lend
maximum of their energies in order to make the intended recovery drive complete success, as it is expected that exercise would entail in helping the realization of pivotal budgetary
achievements by the end of current Financial Year”, the Commissioner concluded.