According to a decision communicated to the CBR line and private members on Monday, it has been decided to establish RTOs where sales tax and income tax will be co-located in the following locations: Karachi, main income house and sales tax house; Hyderabad, customs house; Sukkur, main income tax building; Quetta, income tax building, Hub will be a sub unit of medium taxpayers unit (MTU) of Quetta; Multan, main income tax building and sales tax building; Faisalabad, main income tax building; Sahiwal, main income tax building; Lahore, income tax buildings, Nibha Road; Gujranwala, income tax building and sales tax building; Sialkot, main income tax building; Rawalpindi, main income tax building, Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU); Islamabad, income tax building, Mauve Area (being constructed, no separate RTO for Islamabad); Peshawar, main income tax building and sales tax floor in customs house and main income tax building of Abbottabad will be used for setting up RTO.
However, the CBR may review the building of Abbottabad for the purpose of RTO.
The CBR has also decided that there will be 100 percent co-location in RTOs for sales tax and income tax.
Registration, information processing, audit, legal and HRM divisions in RTOs will have common operations for both taxes.
However, enforcement functions in the RTOs will remain separate for both taxes.
It was also decided that the CBR team of tax managers will determine manpower strengths needed for RTOs and their seating capacity as per site plans prepared by the Nespak.