Sales Tax Act, 1990: FBR may posts IR officer to business premises

Sales Tax Act, 1990: FBR may posts IR officer to business premises

KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) may post an officer of Inland Revenue to the premises of a registered taxpayer to monitor sale, purchase and production activities.

The Section 40 of updated Sales Tax Act, 1990 explained the powers of FBR and Inland Revenue officers under the law.

Section 40: Searches under warrant

Sub-Section (1): Where any officer of Inland Revenue has reason to believe that any documents or things which in his opinion, may be useful for, or relevant to, any proceedings under this Act are kept in any place, he may after obtaining a warrant from the magistrate, enter that place and cause a search to be made at any time.

2) The search made in his presence under sub-section (1) shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898).

Section 40B: Posting of Inland Revenue Officer

Subject to such conditions and restrictions, as deemed fit to impose, the Board, may post Officer of Inland Revenue to the premises of registered person or class of such persons to monitor production, sale of taxable goods and the stock position.

Section 40C: Monitoring or Tracking by Electronic or other means

Sub-Section (1): Subject to such conditions, restrictions, and procedures, as it may being fit to impose or specified, the Board may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify any registered person or class of registered persons or any good or class of goods in respect of which monitoring or tracking of production, sales, clearances, stocks or any other related activity may be implemented through electronic or other means as may be prescribed.

Sub-Section(2): From such date as may be prescribed by the Board, no taxable goods shall be removed or sold by the manufacturer or any other person without affixing tax stamp, bandrole stickers, labels, barcodes, etc. in any such form, style and manner as may be prescribed by the Board in this behalf.

Sub-Section (3): Such tax stamps, banderols, stickers, labels, barcodes etc., shall be acquired by the registered person referred to in sub-section (2) from a licensee appointed by the Board for the purpose, against price approved by the Board, which shall include the cost of equipment installed by such licensee in the premises of the said registered person.