How to make appeal before ATIR?

How to make appeal before ATIR?

Section 131 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 tells that how to make an appeal before Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (ATIR).

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) issued the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 updated up to June 30, 2021. The Ordinance incorporated amendments brought through Finance Act, 2021.

Following is the text of Section 131 of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001:

131. Appeal to the Appellate Tribunal.— (1) Where the taxpayer or Commissioner objects to an order passed by the Commissioner (Appeals), the taxpayer or Commissioner may appeal to the Appellate Tribunal against such order.

(2) An appeal under sub-section (1) shall be–—

(a) in the prescribed form;

(b) verified in the prescribed manner;

(c) accompanied, except in case of an appeal preferred by the Commissioner, by the prescribed fee specified in sub-section (3); and

(d) preferred to the Appellate Tribunal within sixty days of the date of service of order of the Commissioner (Appeals) on the taxpayer or the Commissioner, as the case may be.

(3) The prescribed fee shall be five thousand rupees in case of a company and two thousand rupees in case other than a company.

(4) The Appellate Tribunal may, upon application in writing, admit an appeal after the expiration of the period specified in clause (d) of sub-section (2) if it is satisfied that the person appealing was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal within that period.

(5) Notwithstanding that an appeal has been filed under this section, tax shall, unless recovery thereof has been stayed by the Appellate Tribunal, be payable in accordance with the assessment made in the case:

Provided that if on filing of application in a particular case, the Appellate Tribunal is of the opinion that the recovery of tax levied under this Ordinance and upheld by the Commissioner (Appeals), shall cause undue hardship to the taxpayer, the Tribunal, after affording opportunity of being heard to the Commissioner, may stay the recovery of such tax for a period not exceeding one hundred and eighty days in aggregate:

Provided further that where recovery of tax has been stayed under this section, such stay order shall cease to have effect on expiration of the said period of one hundred and eighty days following the date on which the stay order was made and the Commissioner shall proceed to recover the said tax:

Provided further that in computing the aforesaid period of one hundred and eighty days, the period, if any, for which the recovery of tax was stayed by a High Court, shall be excluded.

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