KARACHI: A person may be penalized up to five year imprisonment for obstructing or denying access any officer of Inland Revenue to the business premises or records.
The updated Sales Tax Act, 1990 issued by Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) explained offenses and penalties.
As per Section 33 of the Sales Tax Act, 1990 following are offenses and penalties:
Any person who denies or obstructs the access of an authorized officer to the business premises, registered office or to any other place where records are kept, or otherwise refuses access to the stocks, accounts or records or fails to present the same when required under section 25, 38 38A or 40B.
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 a Special Judge, to imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine which may extend to an amount equal to the loss of tax involved, or with both.”
Any person who, –
(a) submits a false or forged document to any officer of Inland revenue; or
(b) destroys, alters, mutilates or falsifies the records including a sales tax invoice; or
(c) Knowingly or fraudulently makes false statement, false declaration, false representation, false personification, gives any false information or issues or uses a document which is forged or false.
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 a Special Judge, to imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine which may extend to an amount equal to the amount of tax involved, or with both.”
Any person who commits, causes to commit or attempts to commit the tax fraud, or abets or connives in commissioning of tax fraud.
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 a Special Judge, to imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine which may extend to an amount equal to the loss of tax involved, or with both.”
Where any person violates any embargo placed on removal of goods in connection with recovery of tax.
Such person shall pay a penalty of twenty five thousand rupees or ten per cent of the amount of the tax involved, whichever is higher.
“He shall, further be liable, upon conviction by a Special Judge, to imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to amount equal to the amount of tax involved, or with both.”
