01/06/2016
Unregistered persons: WHT rate may be raised to 17 percent:
In a move to ensuring withholding of sales tax, the government on the recommendation of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), is going to impose penalty if no sales tax is withheld, in coming budget 2016-17. It has been proposed that the FBR has no provision to impose penalty on those registered persons, who fail to withhold sales tax wherever it is necessary. Therefore, the government on the strong recommendation of the FBR is all set to make necessary amendment to section 33 of Sales Tax Act 1990 to impose penalty for non-withholding of sales tax.