KARACHI: Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) has suspended sales tax registration of Arabian Sea Country Club for tax fraud.
In a notice for suspension of registration of M/s. Arabia Sea Country Club, the SRB said that the taxpayer had collected the amount of tax on services provided but did not deposit to the provincial exchequer.
The SRB said that the taxpayer provided services to M/s. Aisha Steel Mills Limited, M/s. Master Motors, M/s. Novartis Pharma (Pakistan) Limited, M/s. Naveena Steel Mills (Pvt) Limited, M/s. Yamaha Motor Pakistan (Pvt) Limited, M/s. L’oreal Pakistan Pvt Limited amounting to Rs11,615,885 involving Sindh sales tax of Rs1,510,067 for the tax period January 2019 to October 2019.
“It is inform you that the aforesaid act of non-payment/short payment of Sindh sales tax is covered under the ‘tax fraud’ as defined under the provision of Section 2(94) of the Act, 2011.”
The SRB has given deadline of January 28, 2020 to the taxpayer:
To discharge all the due Sindh sales tax liability along with default surcharge; and
To e-file the true and correct monthly Sales Tax return for the said tax periods.
“In case of non-satisfactory response or failure to take remedial measures as suggested above on or before January 28, 2020, the case shall be processed for cancellation of registration.”
