ISLAMABAD: The federal government has allowed non-filers of income tax returns to purchase locally manufactured motor vehicles.
According to Finance Supplementary (Second Amendment) Act, 2019, the government lifted the mandatory condition of return filing for purchase of motor car.
Further through the Act, non-resident Pakistani citizens holding international passport have also been allowed to registered imported or locally manufactured cars.
“227C. Restriction on purchase of certain assets
Notwithstanding anything contained in any law, for the time being in force,—
(a) any application for booking, registration or purchase of a new locally manufactured motor vehicle or for first registration of an imported vehicle shall not be accepted or processed by any vehicle registering authority of Excise and Taxation Department or a manufacturer of a motor vehicle respectively, unless the person is a filer.; and
(b) any application or request by a person to any authority responsible for registering, recording or attesting transfer of any immovable property, exceeding five million rupees, for registering or attesting the transfer shall not be accepted or processed by such authority, unless the person is a filer:
“Provided that the provisions of clause (a) shall not apply in respect of,─
(i) locally manufactured motor vehicle; or
(ii) a person holding a Pakistan origin card or a national identity card for overseas Pakistanis or a non-resident Pakistani citizen holding international passport who produces a certificate from a scheduled bank of receipt of foreign exchange remitted from outside Pakistan through normal banking channels during a period of sixty days prior to the date of booking, registration or purchase of motor vehicle:
Provided further that the provisions of clause (b) shall not apply to,─
(i) a legal heir acquiring property in inheritance; or
(ii) a person holding a Pakistan origin card or a national identity card for overseas Pakistanis or a non-resident Pakistani citizen holding international passport who produces a certificate from a scheduled bank for receipt of foreign exchange remitted from outside Pakistan through normal banking channels during a period of sixty days prior to the date of registering, recording or attesting transfer.”
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