Author: Hamza Shahnawaz

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has prescribed penalty for manufacturers and importers on failure to require mandatory printing of retail price on goods as envisaged under sub-section (27) of section 2 and clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Sales Tax Act, 1990.

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) issued the Sales Tax Act, 1990 updated up to June 30, 2021. The Act incorporated amendments brought through Finance Act, 2021.

Following is the text of section 33(26) of the Sales Tax Act, 1990:

33. Offences and penalties.– Whoever commits any offence shall, in addition to and not in derogation of any punishment to which he may be liable under any other law, be liable to the penalty mentioned against that offence: –

26. Any person, being a manufacturer or importer of an item which is subject to tax on the basis of retail price, who fails to print the retail price in the manner as stipulated under the Act.

Such person shall pay a penalty of ten thousand rupees or five per cent of the amount of tax involved, whichever is higher:

Further, such goods shall also be liable to confiscation. However, the adjudication authority, after such confiscation, may allow redemption of such goods on payment of fine which shall not be less than twenty percent of the total retail price of such goods.

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The Sales Tax Act, 1990 has prescribed penalty and imprisonment for retailers and manufacturers on failure to comply with the mandatory requirement of integration with the online system of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) issued the Sales Tax Act, 1990 updated up to June 30, 2021. The Act incorporated amendments brought through Finance Act, 2021.

Following is the text of section 33(24 and 25) of the Sales Tax Act, 1990:

33. Offences and penalties.– Whoever commits any offence shall, in addition to and not in derogation of any punishment to which he may be liable under any other law, be liable to the penalty mentioned against that offence: –

24. Any person, who is integrated for monitoring, tracking, reporting or recording of sales, production and similar business transactions with the Board or its computerized system, conducts such transactions in a manner so as to avoid monitoring, tracking, reporting or recording of such transactions, or issues an invoice which does not carry the prescribed invoice number or barcode or bears duplicate invoice number or counterfeit barcode, or any person who abets commissioning of such offence.

Such person shall pay a penalty of five hundred thousand rupees or two hundred per cent of the amount of tax involved, whichever is higher. He shall, further be liable, upon conviction by a Special Judge, to simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with additional fine which may extend to two million rupees, or with both.

Any person who abets commissioning of such offence, shall be liable, upon conviction by a Special Judge, to simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with additional fine which may extend to two hundred thousand rupees, or with both.

25. Any person, who is required to integrate his business for monitoring, tracking, reporting or recording of sales, production and similar business transactions with the Board or its computerized system, fails to get himself registered under the Act, and if registered, fails to integrate in the manner as required under the law.

Such person shall be liable to pay a penalty up to one million rupees, and if continues to commit the same offence after a period of two months after the imposition of penalty as aforesaid, his business premises shall be sealed till such time he integrates his business in the manner as stipulated under sub-section (9A) of section 3 or section 40C, as the case may be.

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The Sales Tax Act, 1990 has prescribed penalty and imprisonment for manufacturing, possessing, transporting, distributing, storing or selling cigarettes with counterfeited tax stamps.

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) issued the Sales Tax Act, 1990 updated up to June 30, 2021. The Act incorporated amendments brought through Finance Act, 2021.

Following is the text of section 33(23) of the Sales Tax Act, 1990:

33. Offences and penalties.– Whoever commits any offence shall, in addition to and not in derogation of any punishment to which he may be liable under any other law, be liable to the penalty mentioned against that offence: –

23. Any person who manufactures, possesses, transports, distributes, stores or sells cigarette packs with counterfeited tax stamps, banderoles, stickers, labels or barcodes or without tax stamps, banderoles, stickers, labels or barcodes

(i) Such cigarette stock shall be liable to outright confiscation and destruction. Any person committing the offence shall pay a penalty of twenty-five thousand rupees or one hundred per cent of the amount of tax involved, whichever is higher. He shall, further be liable, upon conviction by a Special Judge, to simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with additional fine which may extend to an amount equal to the loss of tax involved, or with both.

(ii) In case of transport of cigarettes with counterfeited tax stamps, banderoles, stickers, labels or barcodes, or without tax stamps, banderoles, stickers, labels or barcodes, permanent seizure of the vehicle used for transportation of non-conforming or counterfeit cigarette packs; and

(iii) In case of repeat sale of cigarettes without or with counterfeited, tax stamps, banderoles, stickers, labels or barcodes, the premises used for such sale be sealed for a period not exceeding fifteen days.

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Any person who knowingly and without lawful authority gains access to or attempts to gain access to the computerized system shall be liable for imprisonment as stated in Sales Tax Act, 1990.

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) issued the Sales Tax Act, 1990 updated up to June 30, 2021. The Act incorporated amendments brought through Finance Act, 2021.

Following is the text of section 33(22) of the Sales Tax Act, 1990:

33. Offences and penalties.– Whoever commits any offence shall, in addition to and not in derogation of any punishment to which he may be liable under any other law, be liable to the penalty mentioned against that offence: –

22. Any person who,-

(a) knowingly and without lawful authority gains access to or attempts to gain access to the computerized system; or

(b) unauthorizedly uses or discloses or publishes or otherwise disseminates information obtained from the computerized system; or

(c) falsifies any record or information stored in the computerized system; or

(d) knowingly or dishonestly damages or impairs the computerized system; or

(e) knowingly or dishonestly damages or impairs any duplicate tape or disc or other medium on which any information obtained from the computerized system is kept or stored; or

(f) unauthorizedly uses unique user identifier of any other registered user to authenticate a transmission of information to the computerized system; or

(g) fails to comply with or contravenes any of the conditions prescribed for security of unique user identifier.

Such person shall pay a penalty of twenty-five thousand rupees or one hundred per cent of the amount of tax involved, whichever is higher. He shall, further be liable, upon conviction by the Special Judge, to imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine

which may extend to an amount equal to the loss of tax involved, or with both.

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