ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has said that commission agents not appearing on Active Taxpayers List (ATL) shall pay 24 percent withholding tax during tax year 2019/2020 effective from July 01, 2019.
The FBR issued Withholding Tax Card for tax year 2019/2020 saying that the collection of withholding tax is payable under Section 233 of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001.
The revenue body said that Federal Government, Provincial Government, Local authority, Company AOP constituted by or under any law or principal shall collect withholding tax from recipient of brokerage or commission or agent at the time the brokerage or commission is actually paid.
The following rates shall be applicable:
(i) Advertising Agents, the tax rate shall be 10 percent for compliant taxpayers and 20 percent for persons not appearing on ATL.
(ii) Life insurance agents where commission received is less than 0.5 million per annum, the tax rate shall be 8 percent for compliant taxpayers and 16 percent for persons not appearing on ATL.
(iii) Persons not covered in (i) & (ii), the tax rate shall be 12 percent for compliant taxpayers and 24 percent for persons not appearing on ATL.
