KARACHI: Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) has issued updated working tariff for tax year 2020 and notified sales tax rates on services provided or rendered by persons engaged in inter-city transportation.
According to the SRB, the sales tax shall be 13 percent on services provided or rendered by persons engaged in inter-city transportation or carriage of goods by road or through pipeline or conduit.
However, this rate shall be reduced at 8 percent with the condition that input tax credit/adjustment shall not be admissible.
The sales tax rate shall be 13 percent on services provided or rendered by persons engaged in inter-city transportation or carriage of goods by road through truck addas or through bus/wagon stands excluding road transportation or carriage of goods through addas or through bus/wagon stands excluding road transportation of
(i) petroleum oils through oil tankers;
(ii) automotive vehicles, classified under tariff headings of Chapter 87 of the First Schedule to the Customs Act, 1969, as are transported or carried through specialized vehicle carriers; and
(iii) Goods and cargo through vehicles operated by Fleet Logistic Companies having not less than 25 vehicles in its fleet
The reduced rate of three percent is allowed with condition that input tax credit shall not be admissible.
These services are also exempt from sales tax on following:
Services provided or rendered by persons engaged in inter-city transportation of goods by road during the period from July 01, 2014 to the June 30 ,2015, provided that :
(a) Such person has neither billed /involved/ charged the service recipient any amount of tax nor collected or received any amount of tax from the service recipient on account of such transportation or carriage services as were provided during the said Period;
Provided further that the amounts of tax billed or invoiced or charged or received or collected, if any, by the such person for the services provided or rendered during the period from the 1st July,2014 to the 30th June, 2015, are e-deposited in Sindh, Government’s head of account “B-02384” in the prescribed manner on or before the 15th day of July, 2015.
(b) Such person gets e-registered with the SRB on or before 25th day of July, 2015, in accordance with the provisions of section 24 of the Act, read with the rules prescribed thereunder; and
(c) this exemption shall not entitle any exemption benefit or any claim for refund of the amount of tax already deducted or withheld or paid or deposited by any person in relation to the services provided or rendered or received or procured during the period from 01st day of July, 2014 to the 30th day of June, 2015. Such amount shall be deemed to be the tax under section 16 of the Act and shall be e-deposited in Sindh Government head of account “B-02384” in the prescribed manner on before the 15th day of July, 2015, failing which it shall be recovered alongwith penalty and surcharge as prescribed in the Act.
