SRB suspends sales tax registration of Chinese sanitation firm

SRB suspends sales tax registration of Chinese sanitation firm

KARACHI: Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) on Tuesday suspended sales tax registration of a Chinese sanitation firm for defaulting sales tax payment and failure to file monthly sales tax returns.

The SRB issued notice on August 20, 2019 to suspend registration of M/s. Hangzhou Jinjiang Group Sanitation Services Co. Pakistan (Private) Limited.

The provincial revenue body said that the company had failed to make payment of sales tax on services for the four consecutive months i.e. April, May, June and July 2019. Similarly, the company has also failed to comply with mandatory filing of monthly returns for the same months.

The SRB in its notice informed the company that its sales tax registration had been suspended with immediate effect. However, suspension would be revoked if the company takes remedial measures of depositing outstanding amount and file all pending returns on or before August 26, 2019.

The SRB warned that in case of non-satisfactory response or failure to take remedial measures as advised above on or before August 26, the matter shall be further proceeded for further necessary penal action under the Act, 2011.