Advance tax on sales to distributors, dealers, wholesalers

Advance tax on sales to distributors, dealers, wholesalers

Section 236G of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 defined rates of advance income tax on sales to distributors, dealers and wholesalers.

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 236G of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001:

236G. Advance tax on sales to distributors, dealers and wholesalers.— (1) Every manufacturer or commercial importer of pharmaceuticals, poultry and animal feed, edible oil and ghee, auto-parts, tyres, varnishes, chemicals, cosmetics, IT equipment, electronics, sugar, cement, iron and steel products, fertilizer, motorcycles, pesticides, cigarettes, glass, textile, beverages, paint or foam sector, at the time of sale to distributors, dealers and wholesalers, shall collect advance tax at the rate specified in Division XIV of Part IV of the First Schedule, from the aforesaid person to whom such sales have been made.

Advance tax on sale to distributors, dealers or wholesalers.

The rate of collection of tax under section 236G shall be as set out in the following table namely:-

TABLE S.No.Category of SaleRate of Tax
(1)(2)(3)
1.Fertilizers0.7%
2.Other than Fertilizers0.1%

(2) Credit for tax collected under sub-section (1) shall be allowed in computing the tax due by the distributor, dealer or wholesaler on the taxable income for the tax year in which the tax was collected.

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