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  • FBR explains dutiable goods imported into Pakistan

    FBR explains dutiable goods imported into Pakistan

    KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has defined dutiable goods imported into Pakistan under Customs Act, 1969.

    The FBR issued Customs Act, 1969 updated June 30, 2019 and explained goods dutiable under Section 118 of the Act.

    Section 18: Goods dutiable

    (1) Except as hereinafter provided, customs duties shall be levied at such rates as are prescribed in the First Schedule or under any other law for the time being in force on,-

    (a) goods imported into Pakistan;

    (b) goods brought from any foreign country to any customs station, and without payment of duty there, transshipped or transported for, or thence carried to, and imported at any other customs-station; and

    (c) goods brought in bond from one customs station to another. 105(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), customs duties shall be levied at such rates on import of goods or class of goods as are prescribed in the Fifth Schedule, subject to such conditions, limitations and restrictions as prescribed therein.

    (2) No export duty shall be levied on the goods exported from Pakistan.

    (3) The Federal Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, levy, subject to such conditions, limitations or restrictions as it may deem fit to impose, a regulatory duty on all or any of the goods imported or exported, as specified in the First Schedule at a rate not exceeding one hundred per cent of the value of such goods as determined under section 25 or, as the case may be, section 25A.

    (4) The regulatory duty levied under sub-section (3) shall –

    (a) be in addition to any duty imposed under sub-section (1) or under any other law for the time being in force; and

    (b) be leviable on and from the day specified in the notification issued under that sub-section, notwithstanding the fact that the issue of the official Gazette in which such notification appears is published at any time after that day.]

    (5) The Federal Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, levy an additional customs-duty on such imported goods as are specified in the First Schedule, at a rate not exceeding thirty-five per cent of value of such goods as determined under section 25 or, as the case may be, section 25A:

    Provided that the cumulative incidence of customs-duties leviable under sub-sections (1) and (5) shall not exceed the rates agreed to by the Government of Pakistan under multilateral trade agreements.

    (6) The additional customs-duty levied under sub-section (5) shall be,-

    (a) in addition to any duty imposed under sub-sections (1) and (3) or under any other law for the time being in force; and

    (b) leviable on and from the day specified in the notification issued under that sub-section, notwithstanding the fact that the official Gazette in which such notification appears is published at any time after that day.

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  • All sales tax refund claims to be processed through risk management system

    All sales tax refund claims to be processed through risk management system

    ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has said that every refund claim of sales tax refund shall be processed through Risk Management System of the FBR’s computerized system.

    The FBR amended the Sales Tax Rules, 2006 through SRO 918(I)/2019 to make mandatory the routing of refund claims through RMS of the FBR’s computerized system.

    Based on the parameters in RMS, a refund claim shall be routed to any of the following three channels as described below, namely:−

    (a) Fully Automated Sales Tax e-Refund System (FASTER), The provisions related to this channel are prescribed in Chapter V-A.

    (b) Expeditious Refund System (ERS), The claims filed by the manufacturer cum-exporters under section 10 of the Act that do not fulfill parameters of FASTER channel and the same are considered as involving medium risk by RMS shall be routed to ERS. The RPO for verified amount shall be generated and forwarded to CSTRO for payment.

    (c) Sales Tax Automated Refund Repository (STARR), The claims that do not fulfill criteria for both FASTER and ERS channels shall be processed through STARR in the manner as provided in rule 29.

    For the refund claims processed through FASTER or ERS, the part of the refund claim that is not verified or not found admissible shall be subjected to system validation checks every week and Refund Payment Order (RPO) shall be generated for the amount found valid during each validation check. After every validation process, the information regarding RPO generated, if any, as well as the objections shall be communicated by the system to the refund claimant and also to the concerned RTO or LTU for information.

    The FBR said that RPO so generated shall be communicated to the State Bank of Pakistan for payment in the aforesaid manner. After eight validation checks, including the initial one, if any amount still remains un-cleared, the same shall then be processed under STARR channel.

  • Abolition of SRO 1125 does not affect income tax concessions

    Abolition of SRO 1125 does not affect income tax concessions

    KARACHI: The abolition of SRO 1125(I)/2011 has not taken away concessions available under income tax laws, the ministry of law and justice said in its opinion.

    The SRO 1125(I)/2011 has been rescinded through Finance Act, 2019 and all the benefits available under this such as zero-rating of sales tax and reduced rates of sales tax had been abolished.

    The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) sent an Office Memorandum (OM) to the ministry of law and justice explaining that SRO 1125(I)/2011 dated December 31, 2011 had prescribed zero-rate sales tax for a particular class of taxpayers, while SRO 480(I)/2007 dated June 09, 2007 had specified the Sales Tax Procedure Rules, 2007.

    Both SROs stood rescinded through SRO 694(I)/2019 dated June 29, 2019.

    “Thus, in view of the aforesaid recession there is no doubt that the sales tax concession available under SRO 1125 and SRO 480 is no longer available.”

    The ministry said that the answer to the queries raised in the OM warrants to be divided into two parts. The first part deals with Part II of the First Schedule to the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, which deals with imports under Section 148 of the 2001 Ordinance; while the second part deals with Section 235-B(1) of the 2001 Ordinance.

    “We have been instructed to the effect that Part II of the First Schedule to the 2001 Ordinance has given a certain reprieve to a ‘specified class of taxpayers’ for the purposes of import under section 148 of the 2001 Ordinance. In prescribing the said reprieve of income tax, the specified class of taxpayers who qualify for the said concession have been described in Part II of the First Schedule to the 2001 Ordinance to be those who are covered under SRO 1125 i.e. the notification which had prescribed the zero rated sales tax.”

    “Therefore, the precise query posed to us is whether the repeal of SRO 1125 automatically also takes away the income tax concession given under Part II of the First Schedule to the 2001 Ordinance, in respect of imports under Section 148 of the 2001 Ordinance, 2001? The simple answer is that the concession prescribed in Part II of the First Schedule to the 2001 Ordinance has not been taken away.”

    It is only for the purpose of a handy and convenient description of the person who are meant to enjoy the benefit or reprieve under Part II of the First Schedule to the 2001 Ordinance have been cross referred or defined to be the ‘specified class of taxpayers’ who qualify for the reprieve under SRO 1125.

    The said reference is only for the purpose of a convenient identification of that class which is meant to enjoy the concession under Part II of First Schedule to the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001, the ministry said.

  • FBR lists prohibited items for import, export

    FBR lists prohibited items for import, export

    KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued list of items that are prohibited for clearance of import or export under Customs Act, 1969.

    The FBR issued Customs Act, 1969 updated till June 30, 2019 (incorporating changes brought through Finance Act, 2019) and explained Section 15 related to prohibition.

    Section 15

    Prohibitions:- No goods specified in the following clauses shall be brought into or taken out of Pakistan, namely:-

    (a) counterfeit coins, forged or counterfeit currency notes, and any other counterfeit product;

    (b) any obscene book, pamphlet, paper, drawing, painting, representation, figure, photograph, film, or, article, video or audio recording, CDs or recording on any other media;

    (c) goods having applied thereto a counterfeit trade mark within the meaning of the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (Act XLV of 1860), or a false trade description within the meaning of the Copyright Ordinance, 1962 (XXXIV of 1962), the Registered Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Ordinance, 2000 (XLIX of 2000), the Registered Designs Ordinance, 2000 (XLV of 2000), the Patents Ordinance, 2000 (LXI of 2000), and the Trade Marks Ordinance, 2001 (XIX of 2001);

    (d) goods made or produced outside Pakistan and having applied thereto any name or trade mark, being or purporting to be the name or trade mark of any manufacturer, dealer or trader in Pakistan, unless,-

    (i) the name or trade mark is, as to every application thereof, accompanied by a definite indication of the goods having been made or produced in a place outside Pakistan; and

    (ii) the country in which that place is situated is in that indication shown in letters as large and conspicuous as any letter in the name or trade mark, and in the same language and character as the name or trade mark;

    (e) goods involving infringement of copyright, layout-design of integrated circuits, industrial designs, patents within the meaning of the Copyright Ordinance, 1962 (XXXIV of 1962), the Registered Designs Ordinance, 2000 (XLV of 2000), and the Patents Ordinance, 2000 (LXI of 2000), respectively; and

    (f) goods made or produced outside Pakistan and intended for sale, and having applied thereto, a design in which copyright exists under the Copyright Ordinance, 1962 (XXXIV of 1962), the Registered Layout –Designs of Integrated Circuits Ordinance, 2000 (XLV of 2000), the Patents Ordinance, 2000 (LXI of 2000), and the Trade Marks Ordinance, 2001 (XIX of 2001), in respect of the class to which the goods belong or any fraudulent or obvious imitation of such design, patent, copyright except when the application of such design has been made with the license or written consent of the registered proprietor, right holder of the design, patent or copyright, as the case may be:

    Provided that offences relating to goods imported or exported in violation of Intellectual Property Rights shall, notwithstanding any thing contained in any other law for the time being in force, be adjudicated under section 179 by the appropriate officer of customs.

    Section 16

    Power to prohibit or restrict importation and exportation of goods.- The Federal Government may, from time to time, by notification in the official Gazette, prohibit or restrict the bringing into or taking out of Pakistan of any goods of specified description by air, sea or land.

    Section 17

    Detention, seizure and confiscation of goods imported in violation of section 15 or section 16.- Where any goods are imported into, or attempted to be exported out of, Pakistan in violation of the provisions of section 15 or of a notification under section 16, such goods shall, without prejudice to any other penalty to which the offender may be liable under this Act or the rules made there under or any other law, be liable to detention, for seizure or confiscation subject to approval of an officer not below the rank of an Assistant Collector of Customs, and seizure for confiscation through adjudication, if required.

    It may be mention here that the ministry of commerce through SROs 927 and 928 dated August 9, 2019 imposed complete ban on trade with India.

  • FBR transfers BS-20 officers of Pakistan Customs Service

    FBR transfers BS-20 officers of Pakistan Customs Service

    ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has notified transfers and postings of officers of BS-20 Pakistan Customs Service (PCS) with immediate effect and until further orders.

    The following customs officers have been transferred and posted:

    01. Dr Samina Taslim Zehra (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Director, Directorate of Input Output Co-efficient Organization (South), Karachi from the post of Chief, Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.

    02. Muhammad Asghar Khan (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Director, Directorate General of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, from the post of Islamabad Additional Director, Directorate of Post Clearance Audit, Islamabad.

    03. Ms. Rabab Sikandar (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Director, Directorate of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement (Central), Lahore from the post of Director, Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Lahore.

    04. Mirza Mubashir Baig (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Director, Directorate General of IPR Enforcement (North), Islamabad from the post of Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Faisalabad.

    05. Ms. Saima Shehzad (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Appraisement, Faisalabad from the post of Collector, Collectorate of Customs, (Appeals), Lahore.

    06. Ms. Iram Maqbool Aamir (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Director, Directorate of Training & Research (Customs), Islamabad from the post of Director, Directorate General of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Islamabad.

    07. Muhammad Saleem (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Preventive, Multan from the post of Chief, Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.

    08. Ms. Naureen Ahmad Tarar (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Collector, Collectorate of Customs, (Appeals), Lahore from the post of Director, Directorate of Customs Valuation, Lahore.

    09. Ms. Ambreen Ahmad Tarar (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Director, Directorate of Customs Valuation, Lahore from the post of Collector, Model Customs Collectorate, Multan.

    10. Basit Maqsood Abbasi (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Collector, Model Customs Collectorate (AIIA), Lahore from the post of Additional Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Preventive, Lahore.

    11. Ms. Sadia Munib (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Director, Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Lahore from the post of Additional Director, Directorate of Intelligence & Investigation, FBR, Lahore.

    The FBR said that the officers who are drawing performance allowance prior to issuance of this notification shall continue to draw this allowance on the new place of posting.

  • FBR notifies transfers, postings of chief collectors

    FBR notifies transfers, postings of chief collectors

    KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has notified transfers and postings of chief collectors of customs with immediate effect and until further orders.

    The FBR notified transfers and postings of following officers of Pakistan Customs Service (PCS) in BS-20-21:

    01. Ms. Zeba Hai Azhar (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-21) has been transferred and posted as Chief Collector of Customs Enforcement (Central), Lahore from the post of Chief Collector of Customs (Central), Lahore.

    02. Dr. Fareed Iqbal Qureshi (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-21) has been transferred and posted as Chief Collector of Customs Appraisement (Central), Lahore from the post of Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Preventive, Karachi.

    03. Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Exports, Custom House, Karachi from the post of Chief, Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.

    04. Muhammad Saqif Saeed (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Preventive, Karachi from the post of Collector, Model Customs Collectorate of Exports, Custom House, Karachi.

    The FBR said that the officers who are drawing performance allowance prior to issuance of this notification shall continue to draw this allowance on the new place of posting.

  • FBR notifies transfers, postings of IR Chief Commissioners

    FBR notifies transfers, postings of IR Chief Commissioners

    ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Wednesday notified transfers and postings of Chief Commissioners Inland Revenue (CCIR) with immediate effect and until further orders.

    The FBR notifies transfers and postings of following CCIR of BS-20-21 Inland Revenue Service (IRS):

    01. Nazir Ahmad Shoro (Inland Revenue Service/BS-21) has been transferred and posted as Chief Commissioner Inland
    Revenue Regional Tax Office, Multan from the post of Member, Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad.

    02. Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Rahu (Inland Revenue Service/BS-21) has been transferred and posted as Member, Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Chief Commissioner-IR, Regional Tax Office, Sukkur.

    03. Dr. Muhammad Ali Khan (Inland Revenue Service/BS-21) has been transferred and posted as Member, Federal Board of Revenue (Hq), Islamabad from the post of Chief Commissioner-IR, Large Taxpayers Unit-II, Karachi.

    04. Dr.Lubna Ayub (Inland Revenue Service/BS-21) has been transferred and posted as Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue Regional Tax Office, Hyderabad from the post of Director, Directorate of Law, Karachi.

    05. Dr. Tauqeer Ahmad Memon (Inland Revenue Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue Regional Tax Office, Sukkur from the post of Commissioner-IR, (WHT Wing) Regional Tax Office, Hyderabad.

    06. Shahid Iqbal Baloch (Inland Revenue Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue (OPS) Large Taxpayers Unit-II, Karachi from the post of Chief Commissioner-IR, (OPS) Regional Tax Office, Hyderabad.

    07. Yousif Hyder Shaikh (Inland Revenue Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Chief Commissioner Inland Revenue Regional Tax Office, Quetta from the post of Commissioner-IR, Corporate Regional Tax Office, Karachi.

    08. Sahibzada Abdul Mateen (Inland Revenue Service/BS-20) has been transferred and posted as Commissioner Inland Revenue (Zone-I) Regional Tax Office, Quetta from the post of Chief Commissioner-IR, Regional Tax Office, Quetta.

    The FBR said that the officers who are drawing performance allowance prior to issuance of this notification shall continue to draw this allowance on the new place of posting.

  • CNIC condition on purchases remain part of law, deferred till September: FBR chairman

    CNIC condition on purchases remain part of law, deferred till September: FBR chairman

    KARACHI: The chairman of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Shabbar Ziaid on Wednesday said that condition of providing Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) on purchase of above Rs50,000 is remain part of law.

    “However, its application has been deferred till September 30,” he said at an event organized by Management Association of Pakistan (MAP).

    He categorically said that the condition would not be withdrawn and he termed that it would result in massive compliance by persons having taxable income but not on the tax roll.

    The FBR chairman said that due to measures taken by the revenue body the number of return filers had increased beyond 2.5 million.

    He said that the tax authorities were making all out efforts to make procedure easy for return filing to further increase the number of return filers in the country.

    The chairman said that much of work against benami assets had been done. “The FBR is further accelerating actions against benami assets holders,” he added.

    He said that the prime minister had also issued instructions to take action against holders of Benami assets.

    Besides, he said, banks were also asked to provide details of benami bank account holders.

    The chairman said that the FBR had launched monitoring sales and purchases in sales tax and federal excise regimes.

    Shabbar Zaidi said that in order to resolve the issues of small traders, two different schemes had been proposed.

    He said that that efforts had been made to bring people in all sectors of economy into tax net. In this regard notices have been issued to educational institutions, doctors, engineers and lawyers.

  • FBR launches software to monitor sales tax returns

    FBR launches software to monitor sales tax returns

    ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Tuesday launched a software to monitor sales tax returns.

    Chairman Federal Board of Revenue Syed Muhammad Shabbar Zaidi has inaugurated the new software called Centralized Sales Tax & FED Assessment & Processing (CSTAP) to effectively monitor the sales tax returns.

    This software is inaugurated at FBR Headquarters which is developed by IR-Operations Wing of FBR.

    The purpose of the software is to identify the tax gaps and to determine actual Sales Tax/ FED liabilities of all taxpayers.

    The Chairman FBR was given live demonstration on the working and application of the new software by Ms. Seema Shakeel, Member IR-Operations.

    This software will also be used for the purpose of expeditious processing of refund claims.

    The Chairman FBR was also informed that first batch of 25 officers from field formations are given task to test run this project form 11th September 2019.

    However, after successful test run of this project, the same shall be made available to all field formations throughout the country.

  • FBR to launch audit of withholding agents

    FBR to launch audit of withholding agents

    KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Monday initiated a program of skill development of its officials to conduct system audit of withholding agents.

    A statement said that under the dynamic leadership of Syed Shabbar Zaidi, Chairman, FBR, a new initiative had been taken up by Faheem-ul-Haq, Director General (Withholding) and launched by Dr. Aftab Imam, Chief Commissioner, Corporate Regional Tax Office, Karachi.

    This initiative comprises the skill development of officers for system audit of withholding agents to monitor and improve the collection and deposition of withholding tax.

    The field officers of all eight field formations of Sindh and Balochistan i.e. Corporate RTO Karachi, Large Taxpayers Units I & II, RTO II & III Karachi, RTO Hyderabad, Quetta and Sukkur; are being trained into the system audit of withholding agents by a renowned chartered accountant.