Defaulting sales tax payment may liable to three-year jail

Defaulting sales tax payment may liable to three-year jail

ISLAMABAD: A person fails to pay sales tax within due date or to comply with recovery order is liable to certain fine and penalty under Sales Tax Act, 1990, officials in Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) said on Tuesday.

Any person who fails to deposit the amount of tax due or any part thereof in the time or manner laid down under Sections 3, 6, 7 and 48 of this Act or rules or orders made there under:

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

“Provided that, if the amount of tax or any part thereof is paid within ten days from the due date, the defaulter shall pay a penalty of five hundred rupees for each day of default:

“Provided further that no penalty shall be imposed when any miscalculation is made for the first time during a year:

“Provided further that if the amount of tax due is not paid even after the expiry of a period of sixty days of issuance of the notice for such payments by an officer of Inland Revenue, not below the rank of Assistant Commissioner Inland Revenue, the defaulter shall, further be liable, upon conviction by a Special Judge, to imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine which may extend to amount equal to the amount of tax involved, or with both. “