SRB urged to allow normal tax for car dealers

SRB urged to allow normal tax for car dealers

KARACHI: Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) has been urged to bring authorized dealers of car manufacturers into normal tax regime.

Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) in its proposals for budget 2020/2021 submitted to SRB, recommended that normal sales tax rate should be applied for services provided by authorized car dealers under tariff heading 9806.4000.

It said that sales tax on services by authorized car dealers under tariff heading 9806.4000, is at reduced rates and input sales tax is barred, while no such position is available under any of the other provincial sales tax laws.

Further, no option is available to the service provider to pay sales tax at the normal rate at the rate of 13 percent, instead of reduced rate, as provided for other services under notification No.SRB 3-4/5/2015 dated Jul 01, 2015, e.g. Construction services, Transportation services, Concrete services etc.

The OICCI recommended that normal sales tax rate should be applied for services provided by authorized car dealers under tariff heading 9806.4000.

Alternatively, option should be provided to “authorized car dealers of vehicle manufacturers” to pay sales tax at normal rate under tariff heading 9806.4000, as provided to other services.

Application of standard rate will eliminate the discrimination arising on services provided by dealers in Sindh against other provinces and cost of doing business will reduce for service providers and recipients, it added.