KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) may recommend amending application of super tax in the forthcoming budget 2019/2020 to generate around Rs2 billion.
FBR sources said that the tax authorities had recommended amendments to Section 4B of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 through Finance Bill, 2019.
The sources said that it had been recommended to apply super tax on the income computed under Fourth, Fifth, Seventh and Eighth Schedules ‘other than brought forward depreciation and brought forward business losses.
According to the recommendation, the proposed amendment would bring uniform chargeability of super tax to all taxpayers including taxpayers falling within the purview of Fourth, Fifth, Seventh and Eighth Schedules of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001.
As per the ordinance the fourth schedule covers insurance companies, fifth schedule covers exploration and production companies, seventh schedule for banking companies and eighth schedule covers capital gains and National Clearing Company Pakistan Limited.
The sources said that the proposed amendment will help the FBR to generate around Rs2 billion as revenue.
