Issuing tax certificate must for withholding agents

Issuing tax certificate must for withholding agents

Section 164 of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 tells about the issuing tax collection certificate is must for withholding agents.

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 164 of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001:

164. Certificate of collection or deduction of tax.—(1) Every person collecting tax under Division II of this Part or deducting tax from a payment under Division III of this Part or deducting or collecting tax under Chapter XII shall, at the time of collection or deduction of the tax, furnish to the person from whom the tax has been collected or to whom the payment from which tax has been deducted has been made, copies of the challan of payment or any other equivalent document along with a certificate setting out the amount of tax collected or deducted and such other particulars as may be prescribed.

(2) A person required to furnish a return of taxable income for a tax year shall attach to the return copies of the challan of payment on the basis of which a certificate is provided to the person under this section in respect of tax collected or deducted in that year.

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